The East European Gypsies: Regime Change, Marginality, and Ethnopolitics. by Barany, Zoltan - 2002

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2002. Paperback octavo, very good plus condition, tables, minimal edgewear, remainder stripe bottom edge. 408 pp. Zoltan Barany provides the first attempt by a social scientist to explain the age-old predicament of Gypsies (or Roma), Eastern Europe's largest ethnic minority, and their relationship to the region's states and societies. Professor Barany comparatively examines the Gypsies socioeconomic and political marginality and policies toward them through seven centuries and in seven East European states. This pioneering multidisciplinary work will engage political scientists, sociologists, and historians as well as students of ethnic and racial studies.