.... This is the first study which focuses on post-communist countries where trust is inherently low. Central Asia Caucasus Comparative social welfare Eastern and Central Europe International social welfare Interpersonal and institutional trust There is growing debate about the role of interpersonal...

... examining migration from Central Asia into Russia, the paper analyses migration policy and the everyday experiences of migrants. The paper is based on mixed methodologies, including narrative, semi-structured and in-depth interviews with migrants from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in Russian...

... in Central Asia, which therefore makes it very difficult to draw a clear line between the public and private realms. The following lines will take a closer look at these arrangements by considering the tea-house and the public bath. With the establishment of Soviet rule in Central Asia, new ideas about...

... an original perspective on the informal economy and informalised lifeworlds in Uzbekistan. Johan Rasanayagam can be contacted at: Johan.rasanayagam@abdn.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Uzbekistan Soviet Union National economy Economic conditions Informal economy Central Asia...

...Nazim N. Habibov Purpose Low‐income transitional countries in the region of the Caucasus and Central Asia lack the existence of a solid assessment of public perceptions regarding the causes of poverty during transition. The purpose of this paper is to fill that gap in the existing literature...