The impact of selected concepts of Roma integration on people at risk of social exclusion

Social exclusion is a serious issue for modern society and the Government of the Czech Republic has been trying to deal with it for a long time. The existence of socially excluded localities populated mostly by Roma people seriously undermines social cohesion. For that reason, since 2004 the Government has been continuously approving several strategic documents of Roma integration. This thesis deals with the topics of social policy focusing on Roma exclusion from education, employment and housing. It aims to evaluate the effectiveness of selected compensatory measures promoted by strategic government documents of Roma integration. In addition to assessing the effectiveness of selected measures, this thesis provides also several recommendations to be implemented in a new strategic paper that will follow up the current Roma Integration Strategy until 2020 document. Keywords Roma people, social exclusion, education, employment, housing, Roma integration strateg