Living beyond the Pale

Living beyond the Pale by Richard Filck

We find Roma settlements on the outskirts of villages, separated from the majority population by roads, railways or other barriers, disconnected from water pipelines and sewage treatment. Why are some people (or groups) better off than others when it comes to the distribution of environmental benefits? In order to understand the present situation and identify ways to address the impacts of these inequalities we must understand the past and mechanisms related to the differentiated treatment. The situation and discrimination of the Roma ethnic minority in Slovakia is examined from the perspective of environmental conditions and injustice. There is no simple answer as to why there is environmental injustice. Environmental conditions in Roma settlements are just one of the indicators of failures of policies addressing the problem of poverty and social exclusion in marginalized groups, structural discrimination, and internal Roma problems. Environmental injustice is not an outcome of the "historical determination" of the Roma population to live in environmentally problematic places.

Richard Filcák is researcher at the Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

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ISBN 13	9789633867020
ISBN 10	9633867029
Titel	Living beyond the Pale
Autor	Richard Filck
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Central European University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2023-09-15
Seitenanzahl	258
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.