Migration, displacement, and identity in post-Soviet Russia / Hilary Pilkington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pilkington, Hilary, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russians--Former Soviet republics--Migrations.

Russians.

Russia (Federation)--Emigration and immigration.

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Former Soviet republics--Ethnic relations.

Former Soviet republics.

Physical Description:

xi, 252 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The displacement of 25 million ethnic Russians from the newly independent states is a major social and political consequence of the collapse of the former Soviet Union. Pilkington engages with the perspectives of officialdom, of those returning to their ethnic homeland, and of the receiving populations. She examines the policy and the practice of the Russian migration regime before looking at the social and cultural adaptation for refugees and forced migrants. Her work illuminates wider contemporary debates about identity and migration.

Contents:

part Part I Policy and practice: The formation of the Russian migration regime

chapter 1 Did they jump or were they pushed?

Empirical and conceptual issues in post-Soviet migration

chapter 2 Redrawing a nation's borders / The politics of the migration debate in Russia

chapter 3 The legislative framework

When is a refugee not a refugee?

chapter 4 The institutional framework

Securitizing migration

chapter 5 Putting policy into practice

A regional comparison

part Part II Going home? Social and cultural adaptation of refugees and forced migrants

chapter Introduction

Into the field

chapter 6 More push than pull?

Motivations for migration

chapter 7 Surviving the drop

Social and economic adaptation

chapter 8 Us and them: Crossing the cultural border to post-Soviet

Crossing the cultural border to post-Soviet Russia / Russia

chapter 9 The other Russians

Displacement and national-identity formation among forced migrants

chapter 10 Conclusion

Migration without boundaries?.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-240) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-72656-2

1-134-72657-0

1-280-31847-3

0-585-45303-9

0-203-44443-4

9780203444436

OCLC:

437081171