International studies, Vol. VI No. 1, 2006.
Preliminary communication
Roma People and the Regionalization (The Example of the Roma People in Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria)
Dragoljub B. Đorđević
; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Niš, Serbia
Abstract
Within the framework of the project "Cultural and Ethnic Relations in Balkans - Possibilities of Regional and European Integrations" (2002-2006) which is being developed at the Institute for Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, and financed by the Ministry of education, technology and development of the Republic of Serbia, in the second half of the 2003 the empiric research "The Quality of the interethnic relations, the conscience of regional identity and possibilities of the cooperation and integration in Balkans" was conducted among 1786 people.
This sample was divided into tree parts consisted of the identical number of the people being questioned, realized on the territory of the Southeast Serbia, Southwest Macedonia and Central and Western Bulgaria. The results had shown that Roma people could serve an example of various trans border, and in this case, regional cooperation. The truth is that Roma people have established that cooperation even before the politicians in Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria.
Serbs, Macedonians and Bulgarians profited from the paths of gray interregional economy established by the Roma people in order to amortize the horrible impacts of the transition. It is worth to admit, that Roma people were an example of how to survive.
Keywords
Roma people; regional cooperation; Serbia; Macedonia; Bulgaria
Hrčak ID:
290528
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2006.
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