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Title Migrant workers in Russia : global challenges of the shadow economy in societal transformation / edited by Anna-Liisa Heusala and Kaarina Aitamurto
Published London : Routledge, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series
Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series.
Contents 1. Introduction : Russian societal transformation and migrant workers in the shadow economy / Anna-Liisa Heusala -- 2. Migration policies in Russia : laws and debates / Sergey Abashin -- 3. Russian foreign policy and migrant workers / Markku Kangaspuro and Anna-Liisa Heusala -- 4. Beyond conjunctures of Russia's national future : migrants and refugees in Russia's political discourse in 2013 and 2014 / Jussi Lassila -- 5. Migration and transnational informality in post-Soviet societies : ethnographic study of po rukam ('handshake') experiences of Uzbek migrant workers in Moscow / Rustamjon Urinboyev -- 6. Between exploitation and expulsion : labour migration, shadow economy and organised crime / Yuliya Zabyelina -- 7. Religion and the integration of migrants / Kaarina Aitamurto -- 8. Implications of migration for the development of Russian social policy / Linda J. Cook -- 9. Conclusions : societal and political consequences of the shadow economy in Russia / Anna-Liisa Heusala and Kaarina Aitamurto
Summary Russia has a very large pool of economic migrants, up to 25% of the workforce according to some estimates. Although many migrants, many from former Soviet countries which are now independent, entered Russia legally, they frequently face bureaucratic obstacles to legal employment and Russian citizenship, factors which have led to a very large shadow economy. This book presents a comprehensive examination of migrant labour in Russia. It describes the nature of migrant labour, explores the shadow economy and its unfortunate consequences, and discusses the rise of popular sentiment against migrants and the likely impact. The book also sets the Russian experiences of migrant labour in context, comparing the situation in Russia with that in other countries with significant migrant labour workforces
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Anna-Liisa Heusala is a Senior Researcher in the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland. Kaarina Aitamurto is a Researcher in the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 26, 2016)
Subject Foreign workers -- Russia (Federation)
Informal sector (Economics) -- Russia (Federation)
Labor policy -- Russia (Federation)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Foreign workers
Informal sector (Economics)
Labor policy
SUBJECT Russia (Federation) -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
Subject Russia (Federation)
Form Electronic book
Author Heusala, Anna-Liisa, editor.
Aitamurto, Kaarina, editor.
ISBN 1317328019
9781317328018
9781315657424
1315657422
9781317328001
1317328000
9781317327998
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