No water for the poor: the Roma ethnic minority and local governance in Slovakia

被引:16
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作者
Filcak, Richard [1 ]
Szilvasi, Marek [2 ]
Skobla, Daniel [3 ]
机构
[1] Slovak Acad Sci, Ctr Social & Psychol Sci, Bratislava, Slovakia
[2] Eotvos Lorand Univ, Inst Polit & Int Studies, Budapest, Hungary
[3] Inst Labour & Family Res, Bratislava, Slovakia
关键词
Water; Roma ethnicity; power asymmetries; local governance; social exclusion; Slovakia;
D O I
10.1080/01419870.2017.1291984
中图分类号
C95 [民族学、文化人类学];
学科分类号
0304 ; 030401 ;
摘要
This article contributes to the emerging critiques of inequalities in the access to water by focusing on three inter-related aspects: affordability, accessibility and quality of water. Based on extensive fieldwork, the paper explores the situation in segregated Roma settlements in Slovakia and highlights the critical role of power asymmetries at a local level. It builds a conceptual framework using Bourdieu's notions of social field, habitus, doxa, and capital, highlighting the central role of power asymmetries at a local level. Insights are drawn on how dominantly positioned social actors command decision-making regarding water supply, and how social hierarchies, inequalities and the positionality of Roma as a marginalized group are functional to the lack of political will to address insufficient water access for Roma in any efficient manner.
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页码:1390 / 1407
页数:18
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