1st Edition
Gypsy Politics and Social Change The Development of Ethnic Ideology and Pressure Politics among British Gypsies from Victorian Reformism to Romany Nationalism
1. General Introduction Part 1. Theoretical Perspectives 2. Introduction to the Literature on Culture and Race Relations 3. Race and Cultural Theory I: Problems of Classification 4. Race and Cultural Theory II: Problems of Development and Change 5. Conclusions on the Uses and Dangers of the Categorising Approach to Ethnic Classification and Cultural Change 6. The Changing Place of Gypsies in the Social and Cultural Structure of England and Wales: From Theoretical to Empirical Perspectives Part 2. Who Are the ‘True’ Gypsies I 7. Gypsies and ‘True’ Gypsies 8. Gaujos and ‘True’ Gypsies Part 3. The Historical Background to Modern Gypsy Politics 9. Gypsy Leadership in Gypsy-Gaujo Relations, 1500-1945 10. The Development of the Gaujo Conscience, 1816-1936 Part 4. The Postwar Situation of the Gypsies in England and Wales 11. The Legal and Economic Situation 12. Pro-Gypsy Pressure Group Activity up to 1965 Part 5. The Campaign of the Gypsy Council 13. The Beginnings of Pressure Group Activity by the Gypsy Council 1962-7 14. Reaction and Recognition, 1967-70 Part 6. Who Are the ‘True’ Gypsies II 15. The ‘Didecai’ As Scapegoat 16. ‘Tinkers’ – the Ultimate Whipping Boys 17. Conclusions on Ethnic and Sub-Ethnic Categorisations as Subjective Factors in Sociological Studies Part 7. The Gypsy Council: a Sociological Assessment 18. The Organisation of the Gypsy Council 19. The Gypsy Council and Gypsy Nationalism Part 8. Towards an Informed Policy on the Gypsies 20. The Economy of the Gypsies 21. Conclusion: the Philosophy of Policy
Biography
Thomas Acton
