Wandering Workers - Mores, Behavior, Way of Life, and Political Status of Domestic Russian Labor Migrants

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

Dr. Andreas Umland is DAAD Lecturer in German Studies at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.

Report

A really interesting book. Obvious are comparisons with other labor and social markets in China, the EU, and even in Australia. [...] Naturally, the local authorities do not concern themselves with these out-of-town workers, because they add nothing to their expenditure budgets but bring a lot into the spending side. Dr. Gregory R. Copley, author of "The Art of Victory" (2006) and "UnCivilization: Urban Geopolitics in a Time of Chaos" (2012), President of the International Strategic Studies Association, Washington, DC, USA

Product details

• Authors: Jur Plusnin, Juri Plusnin, Artemy Pozanenko, Yan Zausaeva, Yana Zausaeva, Natalia Zhidkevich, Natalia e Zhidkevich
• Assisted by: Julia Kazantseva (Editor), Andrea Umland (Editor), Andreas Umland (Editor), Julia Kazantseva (Translation)
• Publisher: ibidem
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2015
• EAN: 9783838206530
• ISBN: 978-3-8382-0653-0
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 15 mm x 213 mm
• Weight: 384 g
• Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politcs and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society; Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS); Soviet and Post-Soviet Politcs and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system