Fragile Migration Rights

Freedom of movement in post-Soviet Russia

Matthew Light (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-49433-6 (ISBN)

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This book examines how the freedom of movement has been undermined in practice by post-Soviet policy and adds a new dimension to the scholarly understanding of the nature of rights, citizenship, and law enforcement in contemporary Russia.

The Soviet Union comprehensively governed the mobility of its citizens by barring emigration and strictly regulating internal migration. In the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, the constitution and laws of the new Russian Federation appeared to herald a complete break with the repressiveness of the previous government. Russian law now proclaims the right of Russian citizens and residents to move around their country freely.

This book examines how and why this post-Soviet legal promise of internal freedom of movement has been undermined in practice by both federal and regional policies. It thereby adds a new dimension to scholarly understanding of the nature of rights, citizenship, and law enforcement in contemporary Russia. Most contemporary works focus on the attempts of developed Northern countries to regulate migration from the global South to the global North: here Matthew Light examines the restriction of migration within Soviet and post-Soviet Russia, providing a comprehensive view into an area rarely explored within migration scholarship.

Fragile Migration Rights develops a comprehensive theoretical framework to analyse this complex subject. It is essential reading for students and academics from a range of disciplines including criminology, human rights, migration studies, and political science.

Matthew Light is Associate Professor of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.

1. Introduction 2. Migration Controls in the Soviet Union 3. Post-Soviet Migration Trends and Policies 4. Migration Controls in Contemporary Moscow 5. Belgorod Oblast 6. Krasnodar and Stavropol 7. Migration Policy in Russia Since 2006 8. Russian Migration Policy in Comparative Perspective

Erscheinungsdatum	02.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
Zusatzinfo	14 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-138-49433-X / 113849433X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-49433-6 / 9781138494336
Zustand	Neuware