ANALÝZA INTERVENCIÍ NA ZMIERŇOVANIE PREDSUDKOV VOČI RÓMOM NA SLOVENSKU Z POHĽADU SOCIÁLNO-PSYCHOLOGICKÉHO POZNANIA

• Authors: Hargašová Lucia , Lášticová Barbara , Poslon Xenia Daniela , Belán Dora

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Analysis of interventions to reduce antigypsyism in Slovakia: A social psychology perspective

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Despite numerous efforts of Roma inclusion from various State and non-governmental organisations, segregation and socioeconomic marginalisation of the Roma is still widespread in Slovakia. In this paper, we show what social-psychological factors intervene into the process of intergroup relations change and how they can influence the effectiveness of interventions to reduce antigypsyism. We contend that establishing intergroup harmony between majority and minority may, by creating false assumptions about the absence of structural inequalities, weaken the potential for social change and minority collective action. Based on the theoretical analysis as well as the content analysis of anti-discrimination interventions carried out in the year 2018 and the thematic analysis of interviews with selected stakeholders (NGO representatives, intervention participants, sponsors) we identified four challenges that need to be tackled if the interventions are to succeed in reducing antigypsyism. These are: 1) essentializing vs. empowerment of minorities; 2) tension between the colour blind and multiculturalism approaches; 3) problem of intergroup boundaries and their consequences for generalization of positive intergroup attitudes to the whole outgroup; and 4) societal norms defining the nature of intergroup relations. We discuss how these challenges ought to be addressed in successful anti-discrimination interventions.

Keywords

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ANTI-GYPSYISM; PREJUDICE REDUCTION; ROMA; SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenský národopis (Slovak Ethnology)
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 69
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 116 - 136

Contributors

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Hargašová Lucia

• Ústav výskumu sociálnej komunikácie SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Lášticová Barbara

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Poslon Xenia Daniela

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Belán Dora

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/se-2021-0007