CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Jonas, Marianna |
|---|---|
| Title | A local story of the success of a far right mayor among Roma: social exclusion, cultural hegemony and political clientelism in a Hungarian village |
| Summary | Recent years have witnessed an unusual voting behaviour of the Hungarian Roma minority which has not been subject of social inquiry yet. The support of Roma for an openly anti-Roma party emerged almost parallel to the appearance of the Hungarian far right party in the Hungarian parliament. This particular voting behaviour raises questions about why and how this apparently contradictious choice could be engendered. Relying on the data collected by quantitative method the answer points to the direction of political clientelism, cultural hegemony and social exclusion. The thesis argues that being excluded from relevant institutions in the presence of dynamically changing power relations, coming from competition of the local political elite. This led to the emergence of political clientelism coupled by Roma’s consent of the negative dominant view on them in the village could possible lead to contradictory political choice of the minority. |
| Supervisor | Prem Rajaram Kumar; Violetta Zentai |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/jonas_marianna.pdf |
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