TY - BOOK AU - Filcák,Richard TI - Living beyond the Pale: Environmental Justice and the Roma Minority SN - 9786155225543 AV - DX145 .F55 2012eb U1 - 305.891/49704 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Budapest, New York : PB - Central European University Press, KW - Environmental justice KW - Europe KW - Romanies KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Social justice KW - HISTORY / Europe / Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - 21st century, Ethnic relations, Minorities, Romanies, Slovakia, Social justice N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; CHAPTER ONE. Environment, Poverty and the Roma --; PART I --; CHAPTER TWO. Environmental Justice and Entitlements --; CHAPTER THREE. The Roma of Slovakia --; PART II --; CHAPTER FOUR. Rudňany: A Tale of the Old Liabilities --; CHAPTER FIVE. The Svinka River: People, Water and the Environment --; CHAPTER SIX. A Regional Snapshot Overview --; PART III --; CHAPTER SEVEN. Patterns of Environmental (In)justice --; CHAPTER EIGHT. Roma? Not in My Backyard --; CHAPTER NINE. Trends and Reverting the Trends --; Annex. Shifts in Approaches --; References --; Index; restricted access N2 - We find Roma settlements on the outskirts of villages, separated from the majority population by roads, railways or other barriers, disconnected from water pipelines and sewage treatment. Why are some people (or groups) better off than others when it comes to the distribution of environmental benefits? In order to understand the present situation and identify ways to address the impacts of these inequalities we must understand the past and mechanisms related to the differentiated treatment. The situation and discrimination of the Roma ethnic minority in Slovakia is examined from the perspective of environmental conditions and injustice. There is no simple answer as to why there is environmental injustice. Environmental conditions in Roma settlements are just one of the indicators of failures of policies addressing the problem of poverty and social exclusion in marginalized groups, structural discrimination, and internal Roma problems. Environmental injustice is not an outcome of the "historical determination" of the Roma population to live in environmentally problematic places UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9786155225543 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9786155225543 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9786155225543/original ER -