CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Puskas, Fanni |
|---|---|
| Title | A Tale of Two Schools: Roma Parents' Interpretation of Education Segregation |
| Summary | This thesis is exploring the interpretations of Roma parents affected by education segregation in a Gramscian hegemony framework through the investigation of how education segregation is embedded in wider social structures reproducing the marginality of Roma children. The paper is seeking to understand the local manifestations of the deficit ideology which is placing the blame on individual families instead of marginality or an underfunded public sector of education. The resulting massive shortage of teachers produces the either “dangerous” or “needy” Roma student locally, driving the selective outmigration of non-Roma. This thesis is presenting a case study consisting of expert interviews and analysis of strategic documents about the closure of one of the highly segregated schools, and ethnographic fieldwork in the eastern Roma settlement in Akácos. Through these methods, the thesis shows that the hegemonic idea of deficit positionings is constantly resisted in various ways by Roma parents. However, state power manifesting locally, demarcates which forms of resistance are available for subaltern people: ones reproducing their marginality. Nevertheless, less visible, everyday forms of resistance, such as demanding accessibility, high-quality state services, and acknowledgment of marginalization do have counter-hegemonic potential. |
| Supervisor | Rajaram, Prem Kumar; Zentai, Violetta |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/puskas_fanni.pdf |
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