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Macro-Conditions of Class and Micro-Patterns of Social Interaction: Studying Labor Migrants' Discontent
Natalya D. Tregubova
Dmitrii M. Zhikharevich
Saint-Petersburg State University
41st IIS Congress, Uppsala 2013
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The Challenge of Labor Migration Russia continues to attract labor
migrants by virtue of its 'soft power'
10-12 million per year, 70-80% from the FSU (2nd place in the world after the US)
Labor migrants are still in a high demand; their conditions in accepting community is highly vulnerable
What's the experience of labor migrant's uncertain condition?
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Sociology of Emotions
'Discontent' as a long-term emotion,
(a) determined by the structural conditions
(b) produced and transmitted through the social interaction
(c ) capable to result into collective action
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Discontent and Agency Formation
STRUCTURESTRUCTURE
AGENCY AGENCY
? DISCONTENT
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Emotions and Social Existence: Scales and Temporal Regimes
'STRUCTURAL' EMOTIONS
LONG-TERM EMOTIONS
SHORT-TERM
EMOTIONS
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Macro-Conditions of Class
Emotional dimension of inequality: class emotions
Inequality in dynamic: trade cycles
Emotions vs. Culture
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Micro-Patterns of Social Interaction
Discontent as a long-term emotion produced in chains of interaction
Balance of emotional energy: enough to be discontent, not enough to act
Focus on the negative sacral objects
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Micro-Patterns of Social Interaction
Discontent as a long-term emotion produced in chains of interaction
Balance of emotional energy: enough to be discontent, not enough to act
Focus on the negative sacral objects
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Questions for Prospective Research How to measure discontent?
Macro-conditions: economic crisis and social exclusion?
Localization of interaction: where migrants meet each other?
To be continued...