In Some Developing Countries and in Some Former Communist Countries

question 268

Essay

In some developing countries and in some former Communist countries, people exchange their domestic currencies for foreign currencies such as the dollar in black markets. Why would this practice go on?

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Definitions:

Emotion Management

The process by which individuals control or manage their feelings and expressions based on the social expectations of various situations.

Feeling Rules

Social norms that dictate the appropriate types and intensities of emotions to be felt and expressed in given situations.

Emotion Labour

The process of managing and often suppressing one's emotions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job or role in society.

Alienation

A condition in social relationships reflected by a low degree of integration or common values and a high degree of distance or isolation between individuals, or between an individual and a group.