Introduction: The Mutual Impact of Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe

Summary, in English

Illiberalism is a political view and agenda that impacts state-society relations in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe, and migrant diaspora communities in other regions. This chapter underlines the need to understand how illiberal states manage migration to absorb resistance, and how migration may impact the illiberal political agenda and policymaking. These processes often happen over a long period and involve a complex set of legal and administrative decisions. The driving forces of illiberalism are shared by different political systems and often have transnational features, while being anchored on local and national circumstances and rationale. Exploring how illiberalism influences and is influenced by global migration trends in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe offers insights into the complex interplay between political regimes and transnational mobility, and helps to conceptualize illiberalism for the study of politics and government.

• Author: Anna-Liisa Heusala; Kaarina Aitamurto; Sherzod Eraliev
• Editor: Anna-Liisa Heusala; Kaarina Aitamurto; Sherzod Eraliev
• Department/s: Sociology of Law Department
• Publishing year: 2024-12-10
• Language: English
• Pages: 1-34
• Publication/Series: Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe
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• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.33134/HUP-26-1
• Document type: Book chapter
• Publisher: Helsinki University Press
• Topic: Law
• Status: Published
• Project: Multi-level Migration Governance in Illiberal Societies: Central Asian Migrant Workers in Russia and Turkey; Informality, Migrant Precarity and Exploitation in Nordic Context: Uzbek Migrant Workers in Sweden and Finland; MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 978-952369113-1; ISBN: 978-952369112-4