Racial Cities: Governance and the segregation of Romani people in urban Europe

political status of women and sexual minorities in Southeastern Europe. With a strong emphasis on empirical findings, the book is a great resource for researchers, advocates, or policy makers looking to understand the context underpinning women’s struggles to achieve gender equality in the region. As Ramet notes in the conclusion, “Formal protection against discrimination is commonplace in the region, but applying the law has proven more difficult . . . [where] resistance from religious organizations and other conservative forces has been fierce, and ways of thinking change slowly . . . [so] the struggle continues” (p. 356).