Chapter 7 Community identity and mobilisation
Roma migrant experiences in Manchester
Abstract
Romani political mobilisation is now an established part of the civil society landscape
across Europe. It has given rise to various forms of political participation,
with Romani NGOs taking up consultative roles in a number of countries, as
well as in inter-governmental
organisations. Models of direct political representation
of Roma through a kind of quota system exist at the level of local government
in Hungary and in the national elections in Romania, and a number of
parliamentarians of Romani background have held direct mandates in national
legislatives and in the European Parliament