So close, yet so distant. Inclusion and exclusion of migrants
from the post-Soviet Union in the Czech Republic

k 2008

So close, yet so distant. Inclusion and exclusion of migrants from the post-Soviet Union in the Czech Republic

KLVAŇOVÁ, Radka

Basic information

Original name

So close, yet so distant. Inclusion and exclusion of migrants from the post-Soviet Union in the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Tak blízcí, a přece tak vzdálení. Inkluze a exkluze migrantů z bývalého Sovětského svazu v České Republice

Authors

KLVAŇOVÁ, Radka

Edition

Labour migration and Europeanization processes after 1989/91, Catholic University of Leuven, 2008

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Belgium

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

migration; inclusion; exclusion; former Soviet Union; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

Since the nineties the Czech Republic has been a part of a newly emerging Central European migration space attracting migrants from certain geographical regions, mainly from countries of the former Soviet Union, predominantly Ukraine and Russia. In the process of social inclusion in different societal spheres (e.g. labour market) those migrants face a stigma of „migrants from the East“ as well as „Russian-speaking people“ who are, due to certain historical events, still often perceived as oppressors and invaders. On the other hand, the migrants often consider the Czech Republic as a culturally close country. Using a case study of migrants' biographies, I focus on the inclusion and exclusion of the migrants from post-Soviet countries in the Czech Republic and on the negotiations of socio-cultural closeness and distance in this process. I bring a transnational perspective into the analysis and explore how the migrants' feelings of belonging are challenged, contested and transformed in the process of migration and how the influence of particular socio-cultural context both in the Czech Republic and their country of origin on this transformation is reflected in their life-story narratives.

Links

MSM0021622408, plan (intention)

Name: Reprodukce a integrace společnosti (Acronym: IVRIS)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Reproduction and integration of society

Citovat

KLVAŇOVÁ, Radka. So close, yet so distant. Inclusion and exclusion of migrants from the post-Soviet Union in the Czech Republic. In Labour migration and Europeanization processes after 1989/91, Catholic University of Leuven. 2008.

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