No water for the poor
The Roma ethnic minority and local governance in Slovakia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3010633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Filčák (0000-0001-6925-5181, Slovak Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Marek Szilvasi (0000-0002-0072-9921, Eötvös Loránd University), Daniel Škobla (0000-0002-6326-1094, Institute for Labour and Family Research, Bratislava, Slovakia) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1390-1407 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2017.1291984 |
| OpenAlex | W2594742952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article contributes to the emerging critiques of inequalities in the access to water by focusing on three inter-related aspects: affordability, accessibility and quality of water. Based on extensive fieldwork, the paper explores the situation in segregated Roma settlements in Slovakia and highlights the critical role of power asymmetries at a local level. It builds a conceptual framework using Bourdieu's notions of "social field", "habitus", "doxa", and "capital", highlighting the central role of power asymmetries at a local level. Insights are drawn on how dominantly positioned social actors command decision-making regarding water supply, and how social hierarchies, inequalities and the "positionality" of Roma as a marginalized group are functional to the lack of political will to address insufficient water access for Roma in any efficient manner
Corporate governance · Cultural capital · Doxa · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Habitus · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Romani and Gypsy Studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |