Migration and Social Distance: Various ethnic groups as perceived by the Ural’s schoolchildren and their parents

The article is an overview of an empirical study, conducted in 2012-2013, of social distance between various ethnic groups in the Sverdlovsk District (oblast), Russia. Using an adapted form of the Bogardus scale we analyzed attitudes toward major ethnic groups in the region through the generational...

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Published inInternational dialogues on education Vol. 2; no. 3
Main Authors Kuzmin, Konstantin, Petrova, Larisa, Popov, Dmitriy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IDE Journal 04.12.2015
Subjects
migration, migrant children in school, experience of migration
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Summary:The article is an overview of an empirical study, conducted in 2012-2013, of social distance between various ethnic groups in the Sverdlovsk District (oblast), Russia. Using an adapted form of the Bogardus scale we analyzed attitudes toward major ethnic groups in the region through the generational prism of local children and their parents. The personal migration experiences of respondents and the age of schoolchildren are seen as important and differentiating features in people’s attitudes toward ethnic minorities.
ISSN:2198-5944
2198-5944
DOI:10.53308/ide.v2i3.177