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Using Lo\u00efc Wacquant\u2019s concepts of the \u201cghetto\u201d and \u201canti-ghetto,\u201d it shows how state policies, welfare systems, and historical trajectories shape distinct patterns of segregation in Eastern Europe. Published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyterbrill.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/9783111320021\/html?srsltid=AfmBOop8C525vJmWxfh3dQ98GGa-qxG4_esYk3N14bDXF0XEztK6K5X7#contents\">De Gruyter Handbook of Eastern European Politics, Society, and Culture<\/a>, edited by Gerald M. Easter.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00fcnde Vir\u00e1g\u2019s latest chapter provides a comparative analysis of how Roma communities are spatially marginalized in Bulgaria and Hungary. Using Lo\u00efc Wacquant\u2019s concepts of the \u201cghetto\u201d and \u201canti-ghetto,\u201d it shows how state policies, welfare systems, and historical trajectories shape distinct patterns of segregation in Eastern Europe. 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