Wandering Workers: Mores, Behavior, Way of Life, and Political Status of Domestic Russian Labor Migrants: Volume 1 (Soviet and Postsoviet Politics)

Andreas Umland, Juri Plusnin, Simon Kordonsky, Yana Zausaeva, Julia Kazantseva

ISBN 10: 3838206533 / ISBN 13: 9783838206530

Published by ibidem 2015-06-15, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wandering Workers: Mores, Behavior, Way of Life, and Political Status of Domestic Russian Labor Migrants: Volume 1 (Soviet and Postsoviet Politics)
• Publisher: ibidem 2015-06-15
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838206533
• ISBN 13: 9783838206530
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This timely book offers a fresh perspective on the issue of contemporary migratory labor, otkhodnichestvo, in Russia-the temporary departure of inhabitants from small towns and villages for short-term jobs in the major cities of Russia. Although otkhodnichestvo is a mass phenomenon, it is not reflected in official economic statistics. Based on numerous interviews with otkhodniks and local experts, this stunningly original work focuses on the central and northern regions of European Russia. The authors draw a social portrait of the contemporary otkhodnik and offer a sociological assessment of the economic and political status these 'wandering workers' live with.

About the Author

Juri Plusnin is professor in the Department for Public Administration at the National Research University–Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow.

Yana Zausaeva, Natalia Zhidkevich, and Artemy Pozanenko are analysts at the Laboratory for Local Administration at the HSE.