Speaking out against the discrimination of Romanians abroad: an analysis of parliamentary speeches in the home country

Gherghina, S. , Soare, S. and Tap, P. (2023) Speaking out against the discrimination of Romanians abroad: an analysis of parliamentary speeches in the home country. Nationalities Papers, 51(2), pp. 403-424. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2022.32)

Abstract

Discrimination against minority ethnic groups has often been analyzed through the lenses of institutional action, antiminority rhetoric, and media framing in the countries of residence. However, we know little about how ethnic discrimination is approached in the home countries of these minorities. To address this gap in the literature, our article seeks to explain how Romanian parliamentarians address discrimination against coethnics abroad. We use inductive thematic analysis conducted on all of the parliamentary speeches about the discrimination of coethnics abroad in the Chamber of Deputies between 2008 and 2020. Our results indicate a relatively high degree of descriptive representation and an extensive concern about discrimination of coethnics abroad from parliamentarians across the political spectrum. The speeches about discrimination differ in content relative to the coethnic community of reference.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gherghina, Dr Sergiu
• Authors: Gherghina, S., Soare, S., and Tap, P.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
• Journal Name: Nationalities Papers
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• ISSN: 0090-5992
• ISSN (Online): 1465-3923
• Published Online: 09 September 2022
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Nationalities Papers 51(2): 403-424
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License