Trans-national migration and the issue of ‘ethnic’ solidarity

Finnish Roma elite and Eastern European Roma migrants in Finland

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7767553
AutoresRaluca Bianca Roman (0000-0002-7463-3455, University of Helsinki, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume14
Fascículo6
Páginas793-810
Data de publicação2014-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1468796814542179
OpenAlexW2325017542
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas33

From 2007 to 2008, the presence of migrant-beggars from Eastern European countries in Finland has brought about much discussion regarding the status of this group in what is perceived as a model welfare state. The beggars, identified mainly Roma from Romanian and Bulgaria, were not easily fitting within the ideals of work culture within a Nordic welfare society. Moreover, no clear demarcation was made between the groups of migrant Roma and the national, Finnish Roma community. This paper focuses on the views of some of the Finnish Roma ‘elite’ regarding the presence of Roma beggars in the Helsinki area, dealing with the interactions between national and migrant Roma in the city of Helsinki as a consequence of Eastern European Roma migration to this area and bringing into question the limitations of an ethnic approach to Roma migration. The focus is on analysing the contradictions and ambiguities in what could easily (yet problematically) be understood as ‘intra-ethnic’ relations

Elite · Ethnic group · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Romanian · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Gender Studies · Law · Romani and Gypsy Studies