CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Redjepagic, Valeria |
|---|---|
| Title | Treatment and Portrayal of the Roma Community in the State Discourse during the 20th Century in Sweden |
| Summary | The aim of this research is to investigate how the Swedish authorities portrayed and treated the Roma in official documents, as part of the understanding of how the Roma have been excluded during the invention of the social welfare state. Although the promises of equality and equal distribution of services were aimed at all Swedish citizens, Roma remained marginalized throughout the 20th century. To get a deeper understanding of how portraying Roma as deviant in official documents is possible, I examine state documents produced during the 20th century. I have used qualitative methodology and discourse analysis to focus on three time periods connected with the following three categories of state treatment of the Roma: Destruction, Assimilation, and Integration. Each category deals differently with the Roma as deviant, therefore, it is important to look at how the modern nation-state promise of universalism and equality of citizens happens together with the exclusion of certain deviant groups. |
| Supervisor | Andreea Nicutar |
| Department | Romani Studies Ps |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/redjepagic_valeria.pdf |
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