<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article analyzes terrorism against the Roma in Europe. It identifies acts of terrorism in violence that targets the largest stateless nation on the continent and categorizes this terrorism according to current research methods. Focusing on events in both Western and Eastern Europe, the article analyses and compares the most significant terrorist acts against the Roma of recent years. It concludes that anti-Romani terrorism is heterogeneous in terms of tactics, strategies, and ideological justification, yet can usually be subsumed into the broadly conceived category of far-right terrorism. The variety of attacks suggests that terrorist acts are an offshoot of the broad spectrum of anti-Romani activity, and are influenced by contemporary trends in inter-ethnic violence.</p></abstract>

This article analyzes terrorism against the Roma in Europe. It identifies acts of terrorism in violence that targets the largest stateless nation on the continent and categorizes this terrorism according to current research methods. Focusing on events in both Western and Eastern Europe, the article analyses and compares the most significant terrorist acts against the Roma of recent years. It concludes that anti-Romani terrorism is heterogeneous in terms of tactics, strategies, and ideological justification, yet can usually be subsumed into the broadly conceived category of far-right terrorism. The variety of attacks suggests that terrorist acts are an offshoot of the broad spectrum of anti-Romani activity, and are influenced by contemporary trends in inter-ethnic violence.

Anti-Romani Terrorism in Europe

Politics in Central Europe

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This article analyzes terrorism against the Roma in Europe. It identifies acts of terrorism in violence that targets the largest stateless nation on the...

Anti-Romani Terrorism in Europe

Data publikacji: 17 paź 2016

Zakres stron: 69 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0013

Słowa kluczowe
Romani people, terrorism, Europe, far right, racist violence

© 2016 Miroslav Mareš, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Anti-Romani Terrorism in Europe

Data publikacji: 17 paź 2016

Zakres stron: 69 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0013

Słowa kluczoweRomani people, terrorism, Europe, far right, racist violence

© 2016 Miroslav Mareš, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Romani people, terrorism, Europe, far right, racist violence