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Social conflicts as seen by residents of Saint Petersburg: an empirical study
Социальные конфликты в оценках петербуржцев: опыт эмпирического исследования
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Abstract This article describes the attitudes of Saint Petersburg residents to social conflicts. The author analyses their assessments of danger associated with social tension in the Russian society. This tension becomes particularly pronounced during the time of economic, social, and political turbulence. T... view more
This article describes the attitudes of Saint Petersburg residents to social conflicts. The author analyses their assessments of danger associated with social tension in the Russian society. This tension becomes particularly pronounced during the time of economic, social, and political turbulence. The research aims to examine the existing threats and identify opportunities for reducing social tension. The article makes a practical contribution to the development of social policy and civil society. The author describes the attitudes of Saint Petersburg residents to various social conflicts. They believe that religious and ethnic conflicts are the most dangerous ones and consider ‘conflicts over property and status' a minor threat. Residents, associating themselves with the middle class, are more inclined to stress the danger of religious conflicts compared to those who associate themselves with the lower class, which is corroborated by a comparison of real incomes. The intensity of personal anxiety, experienced in the presence of people differing from the respondents, can be described in the following way: the most acute anxiety is caused by people of a different nationality, followed by nationals of other countries and members of other religions, then people with differing political views, and compatriots from other Russian regions. These data make it possible to identify hidden connections and patterns in the socio-demographic structure of these attitudes, which can be instrumental in obtaining a comprehensive picture of threats and emerging social conflicts and, hence, in preventing them.... view less
Keywords
Russia; Eastern Europe; public opinion; social conflict; demographic factors; social factors; attitude; society; social consciousness; demography; urban population
Classification
Public Opinion Research
Free Keywords
St. Petersburg
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 83-92
Journal
Baltic Region (2016) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2016-1-7
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed