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Projects for Roma inclusion – a content analysis exploring empowerment and intersectionality within five projects
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS).
2014 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Projects are a common method in the work of closing the gap between the majority society and the Roma people. As a national minority in Sweden, the Roma people are entitled to certain rights of participation within this work. This thesis aims to analyze five projects, meant to work towards the Roma people’s inclusion, to answer how the concepts of empowerment and intersectionality are expressed or implicitly embodied within them. It is also questioned how the projects have considered the Roma people’s perceptions of their own situation and context. By using content analysis together with the theoretical framework, it is possible to bring light to these concepts, as well as to find key variables in order to answer the research questions. The main findings show that while the projects lacked in using an intersectional approach, the concept has important analytical tools which could be helpful in order to include the vulnerable persons within the Roma groups and to work with more sensitive issues. Some levels of empowerment is also found in the projects, both as a goal and as a means.However, in order to empower the Roma people, the majority society would have to give more decision power to the group. Thus the projects have not reached the potential they could have had in contributing to the shift which has been set in motion towards letting the Roma people develop the perspective of the work as well as be part of the execution.

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Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle , 2014. , p. 64
Keywords [en]
Roma people, Majority society, Empowerment, Intersectionality, Power relations, Project, Inclusion, Roma information and knowledge center
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21242Local ID: 32793OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-21242DiVA, id: diva2:1481148
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KS GPS International Migration and Ethnic Relations
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