Migration and Welfare Austerity

Mobilizing Kinship for Care, Welfare and Development in Kyrgyzstan

AvAksana Ismailbekova

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, residents of Alma, a village in Kyrgyzstan, were faced with many challenges. Economic crisis and the elimination of welfare support forced an entire generation to become labour migrants in Russia. Those ‘left behind’ were sustained by migrants’ remittances and charitable activities, but at a cost. As villagers built upon existing kinship structures to create new practices of mutual aid on the lines of Islamic teaching, they suffered from the ‘dark side of kinship.’ This book shares experiences of people in Alma and its Moscow-based diaspora and how they created a ‘moral economy of migration’ that became territorialised as kindship was de-territorialised.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:493 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Culture and Society in Central Eurasia
Antal sidor:284
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781836954347

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Aksana Ismailbekova is Senior Research Fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on the importance of gender, kinship and religion in negotiating socioeconomic change. She is the author of the book Blood Ties and the Native Sons: Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan (Indian University Press, 2017), and the co-editor of Surviving Everyday Life: The Security Capes of Threatened People in Central Asia (Bristol University Press, 2020).

Recensioner i media

“What makes this book particularly appealing is its ability to present both a fresh perspective on the everyday lives of migrants and a broader view of kinship in Soviet and post-Soviet contexts. The author skillfully and convincingly weaves together local, Russian, Western, and Soviet perspectives.” • Sherzod Eraliev, Lund University

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Central Asian Family in Historical Context: The Bright Side and the Dark Side of KinshipChapter 2. Silent Voices and a Lack of Parental Authority: The Dark Side of KinshipChapter 3. Dark Side of Kinship and Uncertain Marriages: Shame, Temporary Nike and DivorceChapter 4. Performance and Competition: House Building and Migrants’ Care of Elderly ParentsChapter 5. Almagrad: The Mobilization of Translocal Lineage-Based Community in MoscowChapter 6. ‘Doing Good Aid’ Within Translocal LineagesChapter 7. Silence, Performance: International Migration, Internal Migration and Village-Level Infrastructural DevelopmentConclusion: The Bright Side and the Dark Side of KinshipReferencesIndex