CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Mucha, Peter |
|---|---|
| Title | Mr |
| Summary | The minority issue has been readdressed since post-communist countries embarked on the road towards democratization at the beginning of the 1990s. After the enlargements of 2004 and 2007, significant minority populations became EU citizens. Minority related issues could no longer be considered as an external concern for the EU. Ever since, one of the greatest challenges for the EU and its Member States has been the inclusion of the Roma, the largest and most vulnerable ethnic minority group in Europe. The following thesis attempts to examine the EU’s involvement in developments aimed at improving the socio-economic conditions of the Roma in the wake of an emerging European Roma policy under the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020. Research is carried out to evaluate the EU’s influence on domestic policy-making towards Roma inclusion, with special attention given to the education policy sector. The thesis found that two years after the inception of the EU Framework, tangible results in improving the lives of Roma are yet to be seen. The growing influence of the EU and the huge potential of the Framework bring high expectations to move beyond the rhetoric to the substance of integration by 2020. |
| Supervisor | Peter Balazs |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/mucha_peter.pdf |
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