Family and Transnational Mobility in Post-Soviet Central Asia

Delia Rahmonova-Schwarz

doi:10.5771/9783845243108

Summary

Seit Ende der 1990er Jahre ist Russland zu einem wichtigen Zielland für Migranten aus Zentralasien geworden.

Diese empirische Studie transnationaler (Arbeits-) Migration aus Kirgisistan, Tadschikistan und Usbekistan nach Russland untersucht Veränderungen innerhalb der Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen von Migranten. Die Migranten und Ihre Familien werden sowohl im Herkunfts- als auch im Zielland systematisch analysiert.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-7830-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-4310-8
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Demokratie, Sicherheit, Frieden
Volume: 205
Language: English
Pages: 247
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8
Acknowledgements No access Pages 9 - 9
List of Tables and Figures No access Pages 10 - 10
1. Research Topic No access Pages 11 - 17
2. 1. Migrations in Central Asia No access Pages 17 - 20
  2. Theories of International Migration and the Transnational Paradigm No access Pages 20 - 24
  3. Transnational Migration and Development No access Pages 24 - 26
  4. Migrations and Kinship No access Pages 26 - 29
3. The Present Research No access Pages 29 - 30
4. Outline No access Pages 30 - 33
5. Technical Comments No access Pages 33 - 33
1. 1. Kinship as a Unit of Analysis: Institutional Approaches to Kinship in Transformation Studies No access Pages 34 - 37
  2. Distinction of Kinship from other Formal/Informal Institutions and Organizations No access Pages 37 - 40
  3. Structuration and Post-Soviet Transnationalization No access Pages 40 - 42
2. 1. Data Collection and Data Analysis No access Pages 42 - 46
  2. Fieldwork No access Pages 46 - 50
1. 1. The Genesis: The Early Years of Mobility Control in Pre-Soviet Russia No access Pages 51 - 53
  2. Control of Movement through Labor in the Period before the 1917 Revolution No access Pages 53 - 55
  3. Institutionalized Restriction on Movement of People under Stalin with a Focus on Soviet Central Asia No access Pages 55 - 60
  4. 1. The Presence of the Slavic Population in Central Asia No access
    2. Emigration of the Jewish Population No access
    3. ‘Friendship of Nations’ and Construction of a Multiethnic Soviet Society: Education Migration, Internationalization of the Division of Labor and Solidarity among Nations No access
  5. Migrations in the Late 1980s and the Demise of the USSR: Wither “Friendship of Nations” and “Brotherhood of Peoples”? No access Pages 71 - 72
  6. Migration patterns in Central Asia and Russia in the 1990s: The Demise of the Soviet Union and Further Increase of Emigration and Mobility Rate No access Pages 72 - 76
2. 1. 1. The Unusual Case of the Former Soviet Union No access
    2. The Soviet Era and the Residuals of Sovietization Policies No access
1. 1. Informal and Formal Cash Transfer Mechanisms No access Pages 91 - 93
  2. 1. Legal Status and Brokerage Practices of Women No access
  3. The Somewhat Different Collective Remittances No access Pages 95 - 98
  4. Receiving Remittances No access Pages 98 - 101
  5. Conclusion No access Pages 101 - 103
2. 1. Labor Migration and Weddings No access Pages 103 - 114
  2. ‘The Bridegroom Works in Russia’: Representation of Migrant Workers in Marriage Arrangements and Wedding Negotiations No access Pages 114 - 119
  3. Life-Cycle Rituals of Migrant Workers beyond Marriage No access Pages 119 - 123
  4. Conclusion No access Pages 123 - 124
3. 1. Transformational Factors of Labor Migration No access Pages 124 - 128
  2. 1. The Eldest Son – The Rescuer of the family No access
    2. The Uneasy Situation of Youngest and Only Sons No access
    3. Daughters and their Search for a New Start No access
  3. 1. Gulruh No access
    2. Shohistaxon No access
  4. The Impact of Changing Citizenship on the Kinship No access Pages 146 - 151
  5. Conclusion No access Pages 151 - 153
4. 1. The Struggle Against and Retaining the Virtue of a Docile Daughter-in-Law No access Pages 153 - 158
  2. 1. A Path to Freedom from an Authoritarian Husband No access
    2. Situation in Dependent Families of Bread-Winning Wives No access
  3. Parents-in-Law and Their Leash of Morality No access Pages 165 - 172
  4. Conclusion No access Pages 172 - 174
5. 1. The Other Wife in Russia: A Typology of Extramarital Relationships of Labor Migrants No access Pages 174 - 180
  2. The Institutional and Judicial Level No access Pages 180 - 183
  3. Situational Analysis No access Pages 183 - 187
  4. Transnational Polygamies in the Global Context and the Case of Central Asia No access Pages 187 - 192
  5. Female Narratives at Both Ends of Migration: From Patience to Tolerance (or the Lack Thereof) No access Pages 192 - 195
  6. Conclusion No access Pages 195 - 198
1. 1. 1. Relative Anonymity: Concealed Personal Identities and Activities No access
    2. Authority/Pseudo-Parental Attitude of Patrons No access
  2. Asymmetrical Reciprocity No access Pages 213 - 215
  3. The Base of Resources of Central Asian Patrons in Russia No access Pages 215 - 217
  4. Conclusion No access Pages 217 - 218
2. 1. Transnationalization and Continuity No access Pages 218 - 219
  2. Transnationalization and Kinship No access Pages 219 - 222
  3. Relevance to Migration-Development Paradigm and Transformation Discourse No access Pages 222 - 228
1. Selected List of Informants No access Pages 229 - 232
2. References No access Pages 232 - 247