Category: Publications

Olga Olisova, from Svobodnoe mnenie, a research group in Samara, has written a NIBR working paper – “The Role of Public Consultative Bodies in Policy-Making in the Social Sphere in the Samara Region”.

The working paper was commissioned in order to obtain more general information on the functioning of Russian consultative bodies at the regional level. Two consultative bodies with a rather general approach to problem-solving in the social sphere were selected for a closer investigation. The working paper illustrates barriers and success criteria for the functioning of two such bodies during different stages of the policy cycle. Though based on a limited number of cases, it still provides important insights into relations between state institutions and civil society in contemporary Russia.

Marthe Handå Myhre, who participated in the project as Research Assistant, has published her Master’s thesis as a NIBR report.

Labour migration from Central Asia to Russia – State Management of Migration(downloadable)

This report investigates the Russian state’s management of labour migration from Central Asia. It explains recent law amendments and also brings in the perspective and experiences of relevant nonstate actors. What are the aims and means of the Russian state in this policy field, how does it go about achieving its aims and what are the side effects, problems and insufficiencies of state policy?

Alexander Kondakov, The Acts of Civil Subjects: Migration and Acts of Citizenship, The Journal of Social Policy Studies, 2014. Vol. 12. No. 2. pp 169–184. Full text can be downloaded.

Aadne Aasland, Arne Grønningsæter and Peter Meylakhs: More People are Positive, but is Everything Negative? Russia and the HIV Epidemic. In
Raymond Smith: Global HIV/AIDS Politics, Policy, and Activism [1st volume]: Persistent Challenges and Emerging Issues, Praeger Publishers, 2013

Hva skjer med det russiske sivilsamfunnet? By Aadne Aasland, Mikkel Berg-Nordlie and Jørn Holm-Hansen, Klassekampen 6 May 2013.