The Role of Kinship and Community Ties in the Development of Entrepreneurship of Foreign Migrants in Russia

Research Article
  • Vera M. Peshkova Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation pever@mail.ru
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Peshkova V.M. The Role of Kinship and Community Ties in the Development of Entrepreneurship of Foreign Migrants in Russia. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2020. Vol. 9. No. 5. P. 135-149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2020.5.11 (in Russ.).

Abstract

The article is aimed at identifying the place and role of kin and co-ethnic ties in the development of entrepreneurship of foreign migrants in Russia. It is based on materials from 58 in-depth interviews with migrant entrepreneurs from Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan in Moscow and the Moscow region and data from a survey of entrepreneurs of Kyrgyz origin (sample of 201 people). The place and role of kin and co-ethnic ties in the organization, management and promotion of business are considered. The attention is paid to the peculiarities of the accumulation of initial capital, the composition of partners, personnel and target audience. It is concluded that kin and co-ethnic ties are the basis of many migrant networks that play an important role, especially at the start-up stage. At the same time, the importance of this role varies depending on the different socio-demographic characteristics of the migrants’ waves and the structural socio-economic conditions.
Keywords:
foreign migrants, entrepreneurship, kin ties, co-ethnic ties, migrant networks, labor migration to Russia

Author Biography

Vera M. Peshkova, Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Candidate of Historic Science,  Senior Fellow

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Received: 30.09.2020

Accepted: 09.12.2020

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Peshkova, V. M. (2020). The Role of Kinship and Community Ties in the Development of Entrepreneurship of Foreign Migrants in Russia. Humanities of the South of Russia, 9(5), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2020.5.11
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN MODERN SOCIETY