Ambitious education

The role of family, school and friends in the development of successful Romany life courses

Bibliographic Data

ID12757331
AuthorsMária Székelyi (Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, corresponding author), György Csepeli (0000-0002-9331-058X, Eötvös Loránd University), Antal Örkény (0000-0002-7973-2698, Eötvös Loránd University)
Year2003
Volume13
Issue1
Pages53-72
Publication date2003-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRomani Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1528-0748 • E-ISSN: 1757-2274
PublisherLiverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3828/rs.2003.2
OpenAlexW2022769133
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited1

Drawing upon questionnaire data this paper analyses ethno-national identity transformations among a sample of 470 socio-economically mobile Roma in Hungary. The paper concerns a group of Roma who have been successful in escaping the grip of ethnicity-specific poverty. The authors inquire about the extent to which these persons view themselves as Roma and the extent to which they were relatively privileged or disprivileged by their parents' levels of educational attainment. Some variations in the Romany identities assumed or accepted by the mobile respondents are also investigated and these are related to objective and subjective aspects of the respondents' current and especially childhood background. Predictions for respondents' children's identification are also analysed. The article asks what the circumstances are under which intergenerational socio-economic mobility among the Roma is, or is not, associated with identity switch or, alternatively, with the possible variations in patterns of identity retention

Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Psychology · Romani and Gypsy Studies