Gaja Maestri
Struggles and ambiguities over political subjectivities in the camp: Roma camp dwellers between neoliberal and urban citizenship in Italy
Maestri, Gaja
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Abstract
What is the political subjectivity of the Roma living in Italian camps? Although the camp prevents the Roma from enjoying a series of rights, it does not fully determine their citizenship status. Indeed, citizenship is always contested and evolving through the interaction of a plurality of actors. By understanding the camp as an ‘assemblage space’, this article aims to unpack the complex political subjectivities of Roma camps-dwellers and to reflect on the struggles and ambiguities characterising the citizenship-making process in camp spaces. Through in-depth interviews conducted with members of non-governmental organisations and social movements in the city of Rome, I investigate the contention over meanings produced around the space of the camp and the Roma political subjectivities. I finally identify and discuss two framing strategies constituting the Roma as right bearers and supporting their demand to housing inclusion: a neoliberal and a ‘right to the city’ discourse that generate entrepreneurial and urban subjects.
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Maestri, G. (2017). Struggles and ambiguities over political subjectivities in the camp: Roma camp dwellers between neoliberal and urban citizenship in Italy. Citizenship Studies, 21(6), 640-656. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2017.1341656
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 8, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 18, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jun 18, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Aug 14, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Citizenship Studies |
Print ISSN | 1362-1025 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-3593 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 21 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 640-656 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2017.1341656 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Citizenship studies on 18/06/2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13621025.2017.1341656.
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