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The article, based on textual analyses and long-term fieldwork, is devoted to the theme of the alternative conceptualization, via the well-known concepts of social network and transnationalism, of Ukrainian labour migration into the Czech... more
The article, based on textual analyses and long-term fieldwork, is devoted to the theme of the alternative conceptualization, via the well-known concepts of social network and transnationalism, of Ukrainian labour migration into the Czech Republic. The aim of the survey, which is conceived in a processual way, is to draw attention to the confusing term “system”, often connected with labour migration. The author provides an insight into something he refers to as a “client system”. At the beginning of his thesis, he introduces various concepts of “brokering zarobitka” and “broker” which might be viewed as more appropriate for the analysis of labour migration. The author, aware of the commonly known facts about labour migration, puts forward his argument that the concept of a so-called client system should be replaced by another, more adequate, term
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The article argues that we should study social exclusion not only in one particular locality, but rather through a multi-sited approach, which would take into account the various sites of the directing system (in governmental and... more
The article argues that we should study social exclusion not only in one particular locality, but rather through a multi-sited approach, which would take into account the various sites of the directing system (in governmental and non-governmental organization) and the labor market in one field of research, as these sites are integral parts of the complex situation of social exclusion. The article thus focuses on both the economical and social aspects of services in social policy and on their impact on everyday lives of the people in the locality. It further discusses the governmental organizations themselves, their practices, concepts and outcomes as well as the NGOs and their practices and concepts. The article concludes with the finding that the situation of ‘social exclusion’ increases the employment opportunities in the social services for the middle-class actors (in both branches: governmental and non-governmental sphere), however, these are ineffective in their attempts to inc...
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The article, based on textual analyses and long-term fieldwork, is devoted to the theme of the alternative conceptualization, via the well-known concepts of social network and transnationalism, of Ukrainian labour migration into the Czech... more
The article, based on textual analyses and long-term fieldwork, is devoted to the theme of the alternative conceptualization, via the well-known concepts of social network and transnationalism, of Ukrainian labour migration into the Czech Republic. The aim of the survey, which is conceived in a processual way, is to draw attention to the confusing term “system”, often connected with labour migration. The author provides an insight into something he refers to as a “client system”. At the beginning of his thesis, he introduces various concepts of “brokering zarobitka” and “broker” which might be viewed as more appropriate for the analysis of labour migration. The author, aware of the commonly known facts about labour migration, puts forward his argument that the concept of a so-called client system should be replaced by another, more adequate, term.
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This article is based on the anthropological fiel-dwork research in the Litvinov–Janov neighborhood (located in northwest of the Czech Republic), which was conducted bythe students of the Department of Anthropological and Historical... more
This article is based on the anthropological fiel-dwork research in the Litvinov–Janov neighborhood (located in northwest of the Czech Republic), which was conducted bythe students of the Department of Anthropological and Historical Sciences (University of West Bohemia). In theoreticalperspective of multi–sited ethnography this article interpretsthe situation of the "ethnic conflict" among non–Gypsy and Gypsy inhabitants of the neighborhood in 2008. Thisapproach highlights the multi–local genesis of the social si-tuation and conflict in relation to the economical and politicaltransition in the field of housing policy and realty ownership,together with processes of gentrification and segregation inthe Czech Republic. Our anthropological research avoidsethnical definitions of situation and discourses of socialexclusion. Instead it focuses on economic, political and socialgenesis in concrete details. The main conclusion is, that this situation is primarily socially and econom...