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Facilitating labour migration from Latvia: strategies of various categories of intermediaries
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017)
Within the broad category of migration industries, we focus on intermediaries between employers in Norway requiring migrant labour, and suppliers of Latvian workers willing to migrate. Mediation of labour power is a regulated ...
"Until People Start Dying in Droves, No Actions Will Be Taken": Perception and Experience of HIV-Preventive Measures among People Who Inject Drugs in North-Western Russia
(BioMed Central, 2017)
Background
The HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Russia continues to spread. This exploratory study examines how HIV-prevention measures are perceived and experienced by PWID in the northwestern region ...
The Russian pension system under quadruple influence
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2017)
Russia’s government initiated pension reform in 2013 to resolve a crisis: the prolonged
recession had created a huge Pension Fund deficit that required unsustainable subsidies
from the state budget. The article analyzes ...
Russian pension reform: Why so little engagement from below?
(Centre for Social Research (CISR), 2017)
This article analyzes influences on the post-2012 Russian pension reform, focusing on influences “from below.” We identify four main controversial issues related to pension reform: changes in individual accumulative accounts, ...
Opportunities and risks among migrant workers in the hotel industry in Oslo
(De Gruyter Open, 2016-07-23)
This article examines working conditions, careers and aspirations among
immigrants working in the hotel industry in the Greater Oslo region. Using
theories of labour market segregation and segmentation, and drawing ...
Network Governance in Russia: Costs and Benefits
(The George Washington University, 2016)
Exploring Dimensions of Women's Social Exclusion and Inclusion in Nepal
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-12-15)
The article examines a variety of social exclusion and inclusion indicators grouped by domains that are commonly referred to in the social exclusion literature: economic, social, political and intra-household. Levels of ...
Local democracy in Ukrainian cities: civic participation andresponsiveness of local authorities
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2015-05-08)
This article examines local democracy in Ukrainian cities from the perspective
of the local population, with a focus on citizen participation and city
authorities’ responsiveness to the concerns of local inhabitants. It ...
Encouraged but controlled: governance networks in Russian regions
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2016-06-10)
The article examines the role of civil society in Russian governance networks, focusing on power relations between state and non-state actors. The analysis is based on empirical evidence from concrete governance networks ...
Motivation, Migration and Non-standard Employment: A Survey Among Temporary Agency Workers
(Roskilde Universitet, 2018-11-27)
Research suggests that migrants have a greater tendency to end up in nonstandard employment arrangements than native citizens do, but less attention has been paid to motivational differences within and between migrant ...