Supported by: Freedom House, DFID (Department for International Development)

Project span: June 2002 – October 2002

Project team: Michal Vašečka – project coordinator; Peter Puliš – research preparations; Martina Jurásková – research preparations, analysis of empirical data; Elena Kriglerová – research preparations, coordination of data collectors network, data collection, processing of empirical data; Jana Rybová – research preparations, analysis of empirical data.

Objective: To analyze several aspects of Roma political representation and participation. A quantitative sociological probe carried out through survey method served as the basis for the research. The respondents of the research included Roma in seven districts of Slovakia. The total number of surveys was 323. Aside from the issue of Roma political participation, the probe also focused on the value orientation of the Roma, the Roma political scene, the positions of the Slovak Roma toward European Union, their migration potential, and conflicts with the majority population.

Outputs:  

In October 2002, the Institute for Public Affairs published a work entitled Romany Voices. The Roma and Their Political Participation in the Period of Transformation, which was the result of an analysis of a sociological probe in conjunction with available information on Roma political representation and participation. The authors of the publication include Minorities Program analysts of the Institute for Public Affairs - Michal Vašečka, Martina Jurásková, Elena Kriglerová, Peter Puliš, Jana Rybová. The work has been published in the Slovak language only.

The articles that draw on the research and first-degree classification conducted by IVO can be accessed at the following web sites:

http://www.rpa.sk/clanok 1
http://www.rpa.sk/clanok 2
http://www.rpa.sk/clanok 3