SOCIOLOGICAL MONITORING AS A TOOL FOR SOCIAL TENSION MEASUREMENT IN THE REGIONS MOST ATTRACTIVE FOR MIGRANTS

Abstract

The application of social monitoring for the analysis of social tensions and ethnic conflicts prevention in the Russian regions that are most attractive for migrants are considered. The types of social contradictions, the occurrence of which may be due to the high attractiveness of the territory for migrants, both foreign and domestic, and provoke the emergence and increase of social tensions, - are described. The main determinants of social tension in the most attractive regions for migration are considered. It is noted that social tension is determined not only by ethnic and ethno-cultural characteristics of migrants, not typical for the population of the receiving community, but also by the contradictions between the economic interests of the local population and the economic interests of migrants.

Keywords

• social tension
• integration of migrants
• ethnic socialization
• sociological monitoring
• monitoring of social tension