A typology of Roma misrepresentation in contemporary Europe: Marginalization, denizenship, suppression and co-option

Pier-Luc Dupont

doi:10.18543/djhr.3316

Pier-Luc Dupont Swansea University, UK https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-4667

Palabras clave: representación, democracia, ciudadanía, racismo, diversidad, igualdad

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Partiendo de la teoría del estado racial desarrollada por David Theo Golberg y de estudios empíricos sobre las personas romaníes en Europa, este artículo analiza diferentes formas en que el racismo puede socavar la representación política. Con este fin, recurre a los conceptos de «dominación ordinaria » y « desencuadre » de Nancy Fraser; a la idea de que las personas « afectas por » o « sujetas a » las políticas públicas deberían participar en su desarrollo; y a las cuatro formas de representación (formal, sustantiva, descriptiva y simbólica) identificadas por Hannah Pitkin. El artículo distingue formas de dominación arraigadas en la discriminación cotidiana y la exclusión educativa (marginación), la negación de la ciudadanía (extranjerización), el rechazo de ciertas identidades culturales (supresión) y la neutralización de los líderes étnicos (cooptación). Sostiene que la marginación constituye una forma de desigualdad política « ordinaria » entre ciudadanos, mientras que la extranjerización, supresión y cooptación infringen el principio de las « personas afectadas/sujetas » mediante la identificación errónea de aquellos con derecho a participar en determinadas decisiones políticas.

Recibido: 22 febrero 2025
Aceptado: 09 junio 2025

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Formas de dominación de las personas romaníes en la Europa contemporánea: Marginación, extranjerización, supresión y cooptación

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