The problem of asymmetric representation

The marginalisation, racialisation, and deservedness of Roma in Slovenia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6353552
AutoresAndreja Zevnik (0000-0001-6104-7169), Andrew Russell (0000-0003-4700-8029)
Año2023
Volumen43
Número1
Páginas54-69
Fecha de publicación2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0263395721996550
OpenAlexW3153466240
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas17

Special rights (such as a right to representation) are often used to address under-representation of minority and marginalised groups in political institutions. The case of Roma community in Slovenia is no different. Using a framework of social and political marginalisation, our article outlines asymmetry and exceptionality in the existing minority protection provisions for Slovenian Roma. We argue that the existing provisions are a consequence of majority’s perception of Roma as racialised, marginalised, and undeserving group. We show that the limited access to special rights for Roma is not an oversight in the Slovenian democratic institutional design but a result of deep-rooted stereotypes and racialisation that this marginalised group is subjected to. More broadly, the case of Slovenian Roma demonstrates how principles of racialisation and marginalisation can help us understand absences of different marginalised minority groups from frameworks of special protection

Democracy · Ethnic group · Minority group · Minority rights · Perception · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · European and International Law Studies · Gender Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Psychology · Romani and Gypsy Studies