Buckley - The Politics of Unfree Labour in Russia

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DOI: 10.1017/9781108325639

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Names: Buckley, Mary (Mary E. A.), author.

Title: The politics of unfree labour in Russia : human trafficking and labour migration / Mary Buckley, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge.

Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017. | 9781108412704 (paperback) | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017035941 | ISBN 9781108419963 (hardback)

Subjects: LCSH: Human traffickingRussia (Federation) | Human smugglingRussia (Federation) | Forced laborRussia (Federation) | Illegal aliensRussia (Federation) | Russia (Federation)Emigration and immigration.

Classification: LCC HQ281 .B783 2017 | DDC 364.15/51dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017035941

ISBN 978-1-108-41996-3 Hardback

ISBN 978-1-108-41270-4 Paperback

My debts are many and I am delighted to acknowledge them all.

This project sprouted in the Easter term of 2004 when I was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge on a one-term placement under a Migration theme. It was followed by research in Moscow and St Petersburg in September 2004 funded by the Cultural Exchange agreement between the British Academy and the Russian Academy of Sciences, a programme now regrettably no longer in existence, to the detriment of research. The Russian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Socio-Economic Problems of the Population in Moscow, and the Criminology Section of the Institute of Sociology in St Petersburg merit gratitude for their support and welcome. A small grant from the Elisabeth Barker Fund at the British Academy gave further backing in 2004 and 2005, followed by another research visit through the Cultural Exchange in April 2007.

Crucial funding for a nationwide public opinion poll in the Russian Federation and the running of two focus groups in June 2007 on attitudes towards various aspects of human trafficking was also awarded by the British Academy. An Emeritus Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust made possible a second nationwide poll in September 2014 to gather longitudinal data and to run two further focus groups. The second survey widened the scope of the project to incorporate issues of labour migration into Russia. Gratitude is owed to these funding bodies for covering research expenses. Warm acknowledgment is owed to the Levada Analytic Center for organising the polls and focus groups in both years. For their help I should like to thank Alexei Grazhdankin, Alexey Levinson, Svetlana Koroleva and Rita Stepina.

I finally began writing this book in October 2014 and am especially grateful to the Rockefeller Foundation for awarding me a writing residency in May 2016 at the Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio on Lake Como to concentrate on research into the Russian language, history and law tests for incoming migrant workers. This rare-life opportunity to work intensively in this wonderfully tranquil setting a second time, twenty-six years after my first residency, was an honour and a privilege. For making my stay so pleasant, I warmly thank Pilar Palacia, Elena Ongania and all my fellow residents who contributed to a highly stimulating time.

Earlier papers from which this book has picked up threads were delivered at CRASSH, University of Cambridge, in May 2004; St Antony's College, Oxford, in March 2005; the Fakultt fr Geschichtswissenschaft, Lehrstuhl fr osteuropische Geschichte, Ruhr-Universitt Bochum, May 2005; Ko University, Istanbul, Turkey, in June 2006; the School of Public Policy, University College, London, November 2007; Hughes Hall, Cambridge, in 2007 and 2015; Birkbeck College, London, June 2015; annual conferences of BASEES, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, in 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2017; the VII and VIII World Congresses of ICCEES in Berlin in 2005 and Stockholm in 2010; and annual conventions of ASEEES in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, in 2013, 2015 and 2016. Thanks are due to those present who gave feedback and raised questions, particularly to Steven Barnes and Lauren McCarthy.