Konstruiranje avtohtonosti kot kriterija razlikovanja Romov v Sloveniji : pravni okvir, posebne pravice in politična participacija

Mandelc, Damjan (author)

Avtor v prispevku analizira, kako slovenski pravni in institucionalni okvir konstruira razliko med »avtohtonimi« in »neavtohtonimi« Romi ter s tem določa dostop do posebnih pravic in politične participacije. Na podlagi analize pravnih aktov, institucionalnih dokumentov in relevantne literature pokaže, da avtohtonost ne deluje le kot administrativna kategorija, temveč kot mehanizem izključevanja znotraj romske skupnosti. Formalno priznanje zato pogosto ne prinaša dejanske politične moči, saj ostajajo mehanizmi zastopstva omejeni in odvisni od lokalnih okoliščin.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Romi, avtohtonost, posebne pravice, politična participacija, Slovenija
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2026
• Year: 2026
• Number of pages: Str. 36-49
• Numbering: 66, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185663
• UDC: 323.15(497.4=214.58)
• ISSN on article: 0351-2908
• COBISS.SI-ID: 287818499
• Publication date in RUL: 17.08.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Glasnik Slovenskega etnološkega društva
• Shortened title: Glas. Slov. etnol. druš.
• Publisher: Slovensko etnološko društvo
• ISSN: 0351-2908
• COBISS.SI-ID: 6725378

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Constructing autochthony as a criterion for differentiating Roma in Slovenia

Abstract

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.

• Keywords: Roma, autochthony, special rights, political participation, Slovenia

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P6-0194
• Name: Problemi avtonomije in identitet v času globalizacije