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Author Heusala, Anna-Liisa

Title Migrant Workers in Russia : Global Challenges of the Shadow Economy in Societal Transformation
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages)
Series Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; 1. Introduction: Russian societal transformation and migrant workers in the shadow economy; Legal and institutional context of the Russian shadow economy; Our case studies; Securitisation and migrant workers in the shadow economy; Notes; References; 2. Migration policies in Russia: Laws and debates; Ours or others; Federal Migration Service; Policy concept of 2012; The Moscow mayoral election in 2013; New migration rules 2014-15; Conclusion; Notes; References
3. Russian foreign policy and migrant workersIntroduction; Foreign policy goals of regional integration and domestic anti-migrant sentiments; 'Decent work' and EEU integration; Conclusions; Notes; References; 4. Beyond conjunctures of Russia's national future: Migrants and refugees in Russia's political discourse in 2013 and 2014; Introduction; Migration and nationalisms in Putin's Russia; Migration in Alexei Navalny's political rhetoric; Refugees and Ukraine; Conclusions; Notes; References
5. Migration and transnational informality in post-Soviet societies: Ethnographic study of po rukam ('handshake') experiences of Uzbek migrant workers in MoscowIntroduction; Sociolegal context of the Russian migrant labour market; Conceptualising 'transnational informality'; Methodological considerations; Uzbek migrants' po rukam experiences in Moscow; Discussion and concluding remarks; Note on transliteration; Acknowledgements and funding; References; 6. Between exploitation and expulsion: Labour migration, shadow economy and organised crime; Introduction
Migration policy and the shadow economyIs informal 'normal'? The role of migrant communities in the shadow economy; Irregular migrants and trafficking economies; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. Religion and the integration of migrants; Introduction; Islamic religiosity and migrants in post-Soviet Russia; Integration' of migrants as a policy objective; Religionisation of migrants; Traditional religiosity seen as promoting the integration of migrants; Securitisation of Muslim migrants; Islamic religiosity seen as an obstacle to integration; Conclusions; Notes; References
8. Implications of migration for the development of Russian social policyIntroduction; Conclusion: risks, realities, implications for the welfare state; Notes; References; 9. Conclusions: Societal and political consequences of the shadow economy in Russia; References; Index
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Author Aitamurto, Kaarina
ISBN 9781317328018
1317328019