This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education.

Foreword ~ Lord Avebury; PART ONE: CONTEXT, ISSUES AND POLICY RESPONSES: Setting the Context: Gypsies and Travellers in British Society ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder; Accommodation Needs and Planning Issues ~ Joanna Richardson and Maggie Smith-Bendell; Gypsy and Traveller Health ~ Patrice Van Cleemput; Education, inclusion and government policy ~ Brian Foster and Sarah Cemlyn; Gypsies, Travellers and Social Policy: Marginality and Insignificance: A case study of Gypsy and Traveller children in care ~ Dan Allen; Economic Inclusion ~ Margaret Greenfields, Andrew Ryder, David Smith; PART TWO: EMPOWERING GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS: Justice and Empowerment? ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder; Recognising Gypsy/Traveller History and Culture ~ Thomas Acton and Andrew Ryder; Research with and for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers; Combining Policy, Practice and Community in Action Research ~ Margaret Greenfields and Andrew Ryder; 'Stamp on the Camps' - The Social Construction of Gypsies and Travellers in Media and Political Debate ~ Joanna Richardson and Richard O'Neill; EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies: Insights into Empowerment and Inclusive Policy Development ~ Iulius Rostas and Andrew Ryder; PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS: Inclusion, Space and Empowerment for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder.