Family and Transnational Mobility in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Labor Migration from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to Russia

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

Edition: 1/2012
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: Monograph

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