This book critically examines the making and persistence of impoverished areas at the margins
of Romanian cities since the late 1980s. Through their historical outlook on political economy
and social policy combined with media and discourse analysis the eight essays of Racialized
Labour in Romania forge new and cutting-edge perspectives on how social class formation
spatial marginalization and racialization intersect. The empirical focus on cities and the
labour and the plight of the Roma in Central and Eastern Europe provides a vantage point for
establishing connections between urban and global peripheries and for reimagining the global
order from its margins. The book will appeal to scholars students journalists and policy
makers interested in Labour Race and Ethnicity Cities Poverty Social Policy Political
Economy and European Studies.
