Introduction: The Politics of Unbelonging: understanding and challenging racialisation of Roma in Europe and beyond
1 Between belonging and unbelonging: a conceptual framework
2 Roma and European unbelonging
3 How a state makes its Roma unbelong
4 Unbelonging in the public gaze: media representations of Roma
5 Racialisation and deservedness: organising community belonging and unbelonging from within
6 Changing the frame of belonging: from the racialised Other to becoming Roma
7 Romani institutions: performing a nation without a territory
8 Becoming Roma: reimagining and recreating belonging in the global arena
Conclusion

'The politics of Unbelonging is a very timely and necessary intervention in the study of race, ethnicity, and notions of belonging to the state. This rigorous and captivating book captures how racialisation of Roma serves to reinforce ideas of unbelonging, helping us to understand how processes of exclusion work.'
Aidan McGarry, Loughborough University
This book draws on the notions of racialisation and marginalisation to critically examine the continued political, social and economic exclusion of Roma in Europe and beyond. It combines sharp theoretical insights with a forensic investigation into the ways in which Roma - the largest and the most socio-economically deprived minority group in Europe - are forced into a special category: unbelonging. Unbelonging explains continued marginalisation and exclusion in regional, national and international contexts.

Zevnik and Russell provide an insight into how Roma are made to unbelong in the institutions, civil society and media representations across the EU institutions and its Member States. The book draws out how Roma agency becomes visible in campaigns for recognition of a Roma nation at the international level. Similarly, it acknowledges the significance of building coalitions with other marginalised groups and political projects to achieve political recognition and strengthen Roma’s political purchase.