Migration, Unemployment, and Lifeworld

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Flick ◽  
Benjamin Hans ◽  
Andreas Hirseland ◽  
Sarah Rasche ◽  
Gundula Röhnsch
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Relevant Issue ◽  
Migration Research ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Mobile Methods

Migration is an issue for many countries. It affects several areas of social problems, for example, work and unemployment. A relevant issue to study in the context of unemployment and social welfare is, “Which are experiences of migrants with different language backgrounds in finding work and support?” For a running study with episodic interviews and mobile methods with migrants from the former Soviet Union to Germany, several issues are discussed in a “new critical inquiry”: Critical issues in the studied area (help, control, normative claims); applying (familiar) qualitative methods (interviewing in various languages and cultural backgrounds or mobile methods); triangulation in a new critical migration research.

Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia: Social Security, Health and Education Policies. By M. Ramesh with Mukul G. Asher. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. 217p. $65.00. Social Welfare Development in East Asia. By Kwong-leung Tang. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 214p. $65.00 cloth.

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 862-863
Author(s):  
Stephan Haggard
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Newly Industrializing Countries ◽  
Public Commitment

The debate about the history and future of the welfare state is gradually expanding beyond the advanced industrial countries to encompass the middle-income developing countries and the formerly socialist economies of Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. This debate is particularly interesting in Asia. The newly industrializing countries in that region have had great success in increasing incomes, reducing poverty, and maintaining an equitable distribution of income. At the same time, the countries in the region are highly “globalized”—a factor often associated with increased economic insecurity—and until the 1980s were for the most part ruled by labor-repressive authoritarian regimes. By traditional measures of effort, they also appear to have surprisingly shallow public commitment to social welfare.

From the Arctic to Istanbul

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexia Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Field Work ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Transnational Mobility ◽  
Mobile Methods ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

This chapter provides an overview of the ethnographic research and theoretical foundations informing this study of women’s labor migration from the former Soviet Union into Turkey. Tracing three intertwined themes that animate the book—postsocialism, transnational mobility, and intimacy—the chapter highlights gendered aspiration for mobility and intimate practices like emotional labor forged within forces of global capitalism. The chapter also critically discusses global concerns with trafficking in women, showing how post-Soviet women migrants’ accounts complicate assumptions of oppression. The chapter also presents the context and methods of the research, with an analysis of “mobile” methods and field work with an infant along. The chapter closes with the book’s organizational thread, namely accounts of five key women and their families.

Walking and Talking Integration: Triangulation of Data From Interviews and Go-Alongs for Exploring Immigrant Welfare Recipients’ Sense(s) of Belonging

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 799-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Flick ◽  
Andreas Hirseland ◽  
Benjamin Hans
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Mobile Methods ◽  
Levels Of Integration

Integration of immigrants is a major political and societal topic in societies such as Germany, although there are different ideas about when integration is achieved. For analyzing integration from the immigrants’ points of view, data triangulation of talking (episodic interviews addressing migration histories) and walking (mobile methods—go-alongs) reveals several levels of integration experiences. After outlining space and belonging as relevant theoretical concepts and the methods triangulated in a study, four case studies of immigrants from Turkey and the former Soviet Union in Berlin are presented. The immigrants’ perceptions and aspirations toward belonging, participation, and integration are explored and compared from an intersectional perspective. We find differing ways of positioning toward the German majority society, of getting connected to it and coping with unemployment. Relations of work and social integration or marginalization are discussed based on the case studies and the relevance of using various kinds of data is demonstrated.

How figurative language may be related to formal care-givers’ person-centred approach toward their patients with dementia

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 2653-2670
Author(s):  
Miriam Ethel Bentwich ◽  
Ya'arit Bokek-Cohen ◽  
Nomy Dickman
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Formal Care ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Linguistic Cues

AbstractPerson-centred care that respects a patient's personhood is the gold standard in dementia care, which is often difficult to achieve given the complexity of caring for people with dementia. This article delves into the narration style of formal care-givers from a variety of ethno-cultural backgrounds in search of linguistic cues that may be related to their emphasis on a person-centred approach to care. A qualitative study, using a discourse analysis of semi-structured interviews with 20 formal care-givers in an institutional setting, was employed. The care-givers fell into three groups: Arabs, immigrants from the former Soviet Union (IFSU) and Jews born in Israel (JBI). Our results show 20 figurative language expressions (FLEs) in the narratives of the JBI care-givers and 11 among the IFSU care-givers. In contrast, the Arab care-givers conveyed 48 FLEs. Many of the Arab care-givers’ FLEs were not associated with the ‘regular’ domains articulated by other care-givers (family, children, militaristic language) and were primarily individual-focused, emphasising the personhood of the patient. These findings, together with relevant theoretical literature, suggest that the extensive use of figurative language by Arab care-givers may be a possible tool assisting these care-givers to employ a person-centred approach, manifested in their stress on the personhood of the patient. Such tools may be useful for better achieving person-centred care for these patients.

Banking in the Transition Countries of Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

2019 ◽  
pp. 1131-1151
Author(s):  
Zuzana Fungáčová ◽  
Iftekhar Hasan ◽  
Laura Solanko ◽  
Paul Wachtel
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Transition Countries ◽  
Current State ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This chapter explains the functioning of the banking sectors in the European transition countries. First, we reflect on the thirty-year history of transition banking from the creation of banking institutions out of the planning structures through the effect of the global financial crisis and the post-crisis challenges. We show that experiences across the region are by no means uniform, both with respect to the path since transition started and the current state of the industry. Second, we focus on the state of the banking industry when transition is finalized and show the similarities and differences between banking in this region and elsewhere. Finally, we analyze financial inclusion as one of the critical issues that affects contemporary banking in the region.

scholarly journals BRIEF OVERVIEW OF BOVINE HYPODERMOSIS IN KAZAKHSTAN AND OTHER CENTRAL ASIAN REGIONS - WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO CONTROL THIS PARASITOSIS BY GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-14
Author(s):  
Bauer Ch.
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Small Holding

Hypodermosis is known to be a parasitosis of cattle having a negative economic impact. Nevertheless, it is still (or again) highly prevalent in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian regions. This is mainly attributable to the restructuring and privatization of animal husbandry after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union that was associated with economic and social problems, some of them still persist in agriculture today. In view of its negative economic impact, bovine hypodermosis should be controlled by appropriate measures, also by government support and regulations, in order to improve the animal health and the profitability of cattle farming and thus to increase the income of small-holding farmers in particular.The aim of the present paper is to provide an understanding and background for this recommendation. After a description of related English terms and the life cycle of Hypoderma species, a brief review is given on the occurrence of bovine hypodermosis in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian regions and its economic impact as well as on current options to control and eradicate this parasitosis.

Ethno-cultural origins, health beliefs and mothers’ behavior regarding infant vaccinations in Israel

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 581-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Sarid ◽  
Y Shraga ◽  
J Cwikel ◽  
H Reuveni
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Health Beliefs ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Infant Vaccination ◽  
Cultural Origins

Summary To compare the health beliefs and infant vaccination behavior of mothers of four different ethno-cultural backgrounds: Israeli-born Jewish and Arab-Bedouin and immigrants from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia; to examine the associations between initial and subsequent infant vaccination behaviors of mothers and to identify predictors of vaccination behaviors. A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in selected community neighborhoods. A quota sample included 100 mothers with infants aged 18–24 months (N = 400) from each of the four ethno-cultural groups. Data were collected through questionnaires and examination of the infant vaccination cards. Both groups of immigrant mothers had the lowest adherence to the recommended vaccination regime. Our findings indicate that maternal behaviors regarding infant vaccinations were determined mainly by the behavior at the previous recommended vaccination stage. Different ethno-cultural groups presented different sociodemographic predictors of vaccination behaviors. These predictors only affected the vaccinations at the early stage of 2 months. Policy makers should be aware that mother’s vaccination behaviors vary according to ethno-cultural groups to establish culturally tailored intervention programs.

Psychological and Social Problems of Automation and Computerization

2011 ◽  
pp. 136-146
Author(s):  
Vladimir Munipov
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Complex Systems ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Information Models ◽  
Cognitive Revolution ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses the ergonomic, psychological and social problems of operators of large complex systems. It is noted that the category of activity is the most important one in the Russian ergonomic and psychological knowledge. It is analyzed the relationship between information models and conceptual-image ones. It emphasizes that in the Soviet Union the notion of cognitive revolution makes not sense because cognitive processes were treated in the works of L. Vygotsky, S. Rubinstein and A. Leontiev as forms of activity. The article indicates the influence of works of G. Bradley on the development of social and psychological aspects of ergonomics in the former Soviet Union and Russia.

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