Making Ends Meet. How Roma Families Living in Poverty Cope

Bibliographic Data

ID3033727
AuthorsLynette Šikić-Mićanović (Institut Društvenih Znanosti Ivo Pilar, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume65
Issue3
Pages520-541
Publication date2017-09-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Southeast European Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2701-8199 • E-ISSN: 2701-8202
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/soeu-2017-0033
OpenAlexW2761769940
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Literature on how Roma families cope with precarious living conditions and social exclusion remains very limited. Out of all the national minorities and ethnic groups in Croatia, the Roma undoubtedly have the most difficult social position characterised by a high degree of poverty and social exclusion. Based on recent fieldwork, the aim of this article is to explore the coping strategies different Roma populations in Croatia employ to meet their everyday needs. Acknowledging the different forms of interconnected, interdependent and context-specific capital that together constitute advantage and disadvantage in society (Bourdieu 1986), this study analyses Roma's access to economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capital. Along with discrimination and racism, Roma's limited access to different forms of capital explicates the necessity of household-based, work-based, kin-based and aid-based strategies among some families living in poverty, especially in light of stricter social welfare policy measures that have been recently introduced

Coping (psychology · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Interdependence · Political science · Poverty · Racism · Social capital · Social exclusion · Social position · Social relation · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Gender Studies · Psychology · Romani and Gypsy Studies

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