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Jalal-Abad Oblast: Global Transformations and Local Responses
This chapter introduces the reader to a research region which is considered as a migrant- sending or source region. The first part of this chapter...
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Methodology and Methods
This chapter deals with research methods, which I applied to study the impact of international migration on livelihoods. The study is based on...
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Introduction: Migration and Livelihood Strategies
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the consequences that followed brought radical political and socio-economic changes to all post-Soviet states....
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Migration as a Process and Contemporary Trends in International Migration in Kyrgyzstan
Migration as a process is characterised by its historical and contemporary dimensions. Different changes occur in migration processes over different...
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Migration as a Crucial Practice Within New Livelihood Strategies
Considering migration as a crucial practice within new livelihood strategies, the first part of this chapter deals with reasons for migrating and...
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Return Migration
Since international migration in Kyrgyzstan is mostly temporary in character, accordingly, return migration is a natural process or “the closing...
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Impacts of International Migration on Local Livelihoods
Today migration impacts many aspects of human life, but its economic and social impacts are the most considerable in scale as well as in importance....
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Conclusion, Outlook and Final Remarks
Migration processes in Kyrgyzstan have played an important role in people’s livelihoods since they were activated in the 1990s. Several economic...
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Changes in the Relationship Between Borders and Pastoral Mobility in Mountain Regions of Central Asia
For centuries, animal husbandry in Central Asian mountain regions has been characterised by seasonal mobility over considerable distances, bridging...