The article examines how Slovenia’s legal and institutional framework constructs the distinction between “autochthonous” and “non-autochthonous” Roma and thereby shapes access to special rights and political participation. Drawing on legal acts, institutional documents, and relevant scholarship, it shows that autochthony functions not merely as an administrative category but as a mechanism of exclusion within the Roma community. Formal recognition therefore often fails to produce actual political power, as mechanisms of representation remain limited and dependent on local circumstances.
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