CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Borenkova, Anastasiya |
|---|---|
| Title | The Role of Social Capital in Integration of Russian-speaking Immigrants into the Hungarian Labor Market |
| Summary | “Better to have one hundred friends than one hundred rubles”, – says Russian proverb. In this study I explore the role of social capital in employment opportunities of Russian-speaking immigrants and their integration into the Hungarian labor market. Furthermore, I investigate application of blat by the immigrants which means “privileged access” to the beneficial commodities, services or other non-material resources through social networks(Pesmen 2000). The theoretical starting point of the research was the following concepts: social integration, bonding (strong ties) and bridging (weak ties) social capital (Granovetter 1973;Putnam 2000), human and cultural capitals. Qualitative research methodology, namely indepth interviewing was utilized in this study. The qualitative research data consisted of twelve interviews (six with men and six with women) with Russian-speaking migrants, who live in Budapest. The results of the interviews revealed that weak inter- and intra-ethnic ties of the immigrants have a high priority for them over the job placement in Budapest, while country specific human capital plays an important role in their integration into the Hungarian labor market. Cultural and human capitals as well as gender aspect were the key factors which influenced establishment of social networks by Russian-speaking immigrants in Budapest. Due to the certain reasons blat, in spite of its widespread application in the post-Soviet Union countries, was not used by the immigrants for getting a job in Hungary. |
| Supervisor | Matejskova, Tatiana; Rajaram Prem Kumar |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/borenkova_anastasiya.pdf |
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