Front Cover -- Romani Communities and Transformative Change: A New Social Europe -- Copyright information -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- One Introduction: Romani communities in a New Social Europe -- Cultural erasure, crisis and transformative change -- Policy and activism -- A New Social Europe -- Outline of the book -- The Romani 'ideas tree' for transformative change -- References -- Two Mechanisms of empowerment for the Roma in a New Social Europe -- The context -- The EU Roma Framework and mechanisms of empowerment -- Questioning the rationale of Romani inclusion policy -- Roma road map -- Towards a Romani strategy -- Minority targeting -- Blue sky thinking: on a New Social Europe -- Socio-economic rights -- Agency and community organizing -- Social accountability -- Intersectionality and solidarity -- Conclusion -- References -- Three Antigypsyism in a time of neoliberalism: challenging the radical right through transformative change -- Introduction -- Crisis and irrationality -- Understanding antigypsyism -- Transformative change and combating antigypsyism -- Conclusion -- References -- Four Antigypsyism in Hungary: the Gyöngyöspata case versus 'the people's sense of justice' -- Introduction -- A brief history of school segregation -- 'The people's sense of justice has been wounded': undermining the rule of law -- Forging a robust social mandate for racism -- Intimidating and stigmatizing the Roma of Gyöngyöspata -- References -- Five The Romani movement: a love and vocation - Jeno. Setét's reflections on a life of activism -- Editor's introduction -- Starting out -- We Belong Here association -- Activism and ethnicity -- Gyöngyöspata protest -- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic -- The EU -- Editor's conclusion -- Notes -- References.

Six Romani young people's activism and transformative change -- Introduction -- Note on terminology -- Inequality and discrimination -- Conceptual framework -- Youth empowerment policy -- Case studies: youth empowerment work internationally and within the UK -- Discussion -- Human rights and Roma empowerment in a European context -- Barriers, tensions and challenges to empowerment within civil society -- Romani movements, identity, diversity, intersectionality and intercultural solidarity -- Policy implications -- Conclusion -- Seven Transatlantic dialogues and the solidarity of the oppressed: critical race activism in the US and Canada -- Introduction -- Reflections on Romania and the work of Romani CRISS -- Advocacy in focus: Romani activists go to Washington and Ottawa -- The work of anti-racism and intersectional solidarity -- Notes -- References -- Eight 'When they enter, we all enter …': envisioning a New Social Europe from a Romani feminist perspective -- Introduction -- A Romani feminist perspective: the premise and promise of entering together -- Europa, carpe diem! Romani feminism, a New Social Europe and justice for Roma -- References -- Afterword: solidarity and equity in a New Social Europe -- Index -- Back Cover.