Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1818-9601 (Print)
ISSN 2541-8998 (Online)


ethnic tensions

Socio-сultural Integration as a Tool for Resolving Ethno-political Conflicts in the North Caucasus

The paper is concerned with specificity of the socio-cultural integration as a tool for resolving ethno-political identity-based conflicts in the North Caucasus. The author considers the principle factors of the identity-based conflicts and emphasizes destabilizing role of the politicization of ethnicity. Among the systemic conditions of the regional identity-based conflicts escalation, the author calls: civic identity crisis, traditionalization, ethnic tensions.

Антиконфликтный потенциал социокультурной интеграции: этнорегиональная специфика и основные теоретические подходы

The paper is devoted to research of theoretical approaches to analysis of sociocultural integration as a tool for resolving regional conflicts. Author focuses on the ability of sociocultural integration to transformation of destructive identity-based conflicts. The author considers the systemic factors of the identity-based conflicts and emphasizes destabilizing role of the politicization of ethnicity.