CfP Sociologie Românească Special Issue: "Romanian workers, home and abroad: inequalities, social rights and labor struggles"

2022-05-15

Call for papers Sociologie Românească Special Issue
Title: “Romanian workers, home and abroad: inequalities, social rights and labor struggles”
Planned Date of Publication: First half of 2023
Keywords: fair mobility; freedom of movement; inequalities; labor relations; migration infrastructure; care work

Editors:
Cătălin Buzoianu, Institute for East European Studies, Free University of Berlin, catalin.buzoianu@fu-berlin.de
Christian Sperneac-Wolfer, Institute for Social Research, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, sperneac-wolfer@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Sebastian Țoc, National University of Political Science and Public Administration, and Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, sebastian.toc.@politice.ro

Description:
Since 1989 Romania has experienced one of the largest emigration processes worldwide, with an estimated 3 million citizens leaving the country (Anghel et al. 2017, 35). The Enlargement process of the European Union with its freedom of movement has gradually expanded the possibilities of finding work abroad in Europe for Romanians.  However, many recent studies have shown the challenges faced by Romanian workers abroad: insecure and exploitative work relations (Hopfgartner et al. 2022; Cosma et al. 2020), difficult access to healthcare and social protection (Ratzmann 2022; Scheibelhofer 2022a; Blauberger and Schmidt 2014), institutionalized racism and racializing media discourses (Fox et al. 2012), criminalization and deportation practices (Vrăbiescu 2019) etc. Theoretically, scholars have focused on the regime of social rights for mobile EU citizens in destination countries (Scheibelhofer 2022b; Schmidt et al. 2018; Bruzelius et al. 2017), the transnational migration infrastructure enabling mobility (Voivozeanu 2021) as well as the role of knowledge asymmetries in administrative procedures for social entitlements (Ratzmann and Heindlmaier 2022).

Open Call for Papers 2022

2021-12-02

Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) is the official journal of the Romanian Sociological Association. First established in 1936, The Romanian Sociology Review is dedicated to promoting sociological knowledge and inquiry related to a broad range of social processes. Covering different topics and domains, including gender studies, political issues, social inequalities, education, organization & labour studies, criminology, and migration studies, the review’s focus is oriented towards (but not limited to) empirical research from a sociological and historical approach.

Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, edited by the Research Institute for Quality of Life (Romanian Academy). SR welcomes original research papers with innovative methods, theoretical and conceptual research papers, case studies, book reviews, and conference reviews. We encourage studies with different methodologies and theoretical approaches that could add value to already established normative ways of doing research but also approaches that give space to alternative methodologies and critical theories. We are particularly interested in contributions focused on Eastern and Central Europe or that could sustain collaborations between scholars across borders and disciplines.

Articles that include Romania in their analyses are particularly welcomed, however, we are committed to expanding this focus.

Read more about the review’s aims and scope here.

How to submit: www.revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/submission-form.

The contributions should be sent in English, French, or Romanian. Please see the instruction for authors for full details: www.revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/submission-details. Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review) does not charge authors a fee for the submission process, review process, or/and publication of the manuscripts. The journal is published twice a year, in June and December.

The Editorial Committee of Sociologie Românească (Romanian Sociology Review)

sociologieromaneasca@arsociologie.ro