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The Identity Of Gypsy Children In Family Foster Homes

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  • Monika Mackinova

    (St. Elisabeth University of healthcare and social work, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

  • Jana Keketiova

    (University of Trnava, Faculty of healthcare and social work, Trnava, Slovak Republic)

  • Marta Vavrcakova

    (University of Trnava, Slovak Republic)

Abstract

There are gypsy children in institutional care who don’t know their ethnicity at all; they are not in touch with their gypsy parents or other relatives, so they don’t feel to be part of the gypsy culture. This often causes a chaos in their identity, what in the vast majority of cases persists to the adult age. They are raised by non-gypsy educators most of the time. The aim of this thesis is to answer a question whether it is necessary to work with Gypsy children in a different way than with non-gypsy children and whether it’s necessary to develop and enhance their national and ethnic identity in the meaning of positive gypsy traditions.

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  • Monika Mackinova & Jana Keketiova & Marta Vavrcakova, 2014. "The Identity Of Gypsy Children In Family Foster Homes," Interdisciplinary Management Research, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics, Croatia, vol. 10, pages 970-980.
    • Handle: RePEc:osi:journl:v:10:y:2014:p:970-980
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    Keywords

    Family foster homes; Foster home educator; Foster home social worker; Gypsy children; Gypsy identity; Gypsy culture; Gypsy way of life; Gypsy craftwork and traditions; Gypsy particularities;
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    JEL classification:

    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General

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