Lectio Praecursoria: Social Orders, Tensions and Saviourism: An Ethnography of Finnish Roma Policy Implementation

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Abstract

“Social orders, tensions and saviourism” represents an ethnography on the implementation of Finnish national policy on Roma. It draws upon two and half years of fieldwork working in a Roma project. The name of the study, “Social orders, tensions and saviourism,” reflects the core findings of the study. It argues that the neoliberal policy-making applied to Romani people have an ideological premise that is incongruous with their social realities causing tensions among participants and formulating a form of saviourism.

Keywords: Finnish Roma, participation, development, policy, neoliberalism, power

Section
Research reports

Published

2021-03-17

How to Cite

Stenroos, M. (2021). Lectio Praecursoria: Social Orders, Tensions and Saviourism: An Ethnography of Finnish Roma Policy Implementation. Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, 45(2), 51–56. https://doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v45i2.103110