Note on contributors
1. Introduction, by Timofey Agarin
2. The Emergence of a Reasonable Anti-Gypsyism in Europe, by Huub van Baar
3. It is in their DNA: Swedish Police, Structural Antiziganism and the Registration of Romanis, by Matthew Kott
4. Antiziganism as a Structure of Meanings: The Racial Antiziganism of an Austrian Nazi, by Markus End
5. The Road to Empowerment: A Multi-Level Governance Approach, by Katharina Crepaz
6. Roma as a Pan-European Minority? Opportunities for Political and Legal Recognition, by Sara Memo
7. The Subtlety of Racism: From Antiziganism to Romaphobia, by Ioana Vrabiescu
8. Moral Exclusion and Blaming the Victim: The Delegitimising Role of Antiziganism, by Diana E. Popescu
9. Antiziganism as Cultural Racism: Before and After the Disintegration of Yugoslavia, by Julija Sardelic
10. The Root Cause of Romani Exclusion and the European National Roma Integration Strategies, by Timofey Agarin

Antiziganism is a widespread phenomenon in all European societies. Poor or rich, `postcommunist` or `traditional`, North or South, with `lean` or `thick` welfare systems - all European societies demonstrate antiziganist prejudice. All across Europe Romanis are among the poorest, most destitute, and most excluded communities. Widespread prejudice and stereotypical representations of Romani individuals limit their chances for participation in democratic decision making processes and their access to services. Unable to counteract majority stereotypes systematically, more often than not they remain on the fringes of society. This edited volume asks where these stereotypes and prejudices come from, why they are ubiquitous to all societies, and how pertinent their impact on antiziganist attitudes found in European societies really is.