摘要：This paper presents, in the first part, a brief theoretical analisys of the ethnic segregation and the causes entailing this kind of urban fragmentation. Undoubtedly, discrimination is one of the main reasons of segregation, closely followed by the countless social disadvantages. Besides all these, we may point out the poor quality of public policies which instead of improving the marginalized people’s situaion, pushes them deeper into poverty and stigma, as in the case study of Pata Rât, Cluj-Napoca. This paper aims at drawing attention to discrimination and segregation of the Gypsy people living in the outskirts of Cluj-Napoca city, usually called Pata Rât ghetto, and the urgent need for new inclusion policies.
关键词：Pata Rât; Cluj-Napoca; ethnic segregation; discrimination; marginalisation; local government
