1st Edition
Living beyond the Pale Environmental Justice and the Roma Minority
By Richard Filcák
Copyright 2012
256 Pages
by
Central European University Press
256 Pages
by
Central European University Press
We find Roma settlements on the outskirts of villages, separated from the majority population by roads, railways or other barriers, disconnected from water pipelines and sewage treatment. Why are some people (or groups) better off than others when it comes to the distribution of environmental benefits? In order to understand the present situation and identify ways to address the impacts of these... Read more
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms List of Tables List of Figures IntroductionChapter One. Environmental Poverty and the Roma Points of Departure Setting of the StoryPart I Chapter Two. Environmental Justice and Entitlements Distribution and Procedures What Can We Learn from the Justice Struggles? Central and Eastern Europe Entitlements: Resources and ControlChapter Three. The Roma of Slovakia The Past and the Present New Regime and Old Tricks Villages and Shantytowns Situation and TrendsChapter Four. Rudňany: A Tale of the Old Liabilities The Village and the People The Roma in Rudňany A Story of Contaminated Land Roma Coping Strategies Entitlements and Resources People and the Power Roma and the Environment Environmental InjusticePart II Chapter Five. The Svinka River: People, Water and the Environment People, Housing and Segregation Hermanovce Jarovnice Svinia A Tale of Water Floods Environment and Coping Strategies Land, Entitlements and Environmental JusticeChapter Six. A Regional Snapshot Overview Exposure to Toxic and Waste Access to Water and Sanitation Exposure to Flood The Land: Access and Entitlements Risks and the PeopleChapter Seven. Patterns of Environmental (In)justice Pattern 1: Exposure to Hazardous Waste and Chemicals Pattern 2: Vulnerability to Floods Pattern 3: Differentiated Access to Potable Water Pattern 4: Discriminatory Waste Management Practice The Patterns and the ImpactsChapter Eight. Roma? Not in My Backyard Economic Interests Spatial Distance and Not in My Backyard Syndrome Changes in Local Economy Beyond the Pale Construction Symbolic, Cultural, and Social Capital Competition and ConflictsChapter Nine. Trends and Reverting the Trends Doom Scenario: From Competition to Conflict Optimistic Scenario: From Competition to Cooperation Short-term Measures: The Key Challenge of Housing Long-term Opportunities: What is Environmental is Also Economic and Social Green Employment From Entitlements and Involvement into Development Planning, Struggling, and StakeholdersLiving beyond the Pale? Challenges and ConclusionsAnnex 1. Shifts in Approaches References Index
Biography
Richard Filcák is researcher at the Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
