- PII
- S086904990013055-2-
- DOI
- 10.31857/S086904990013055-2
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 6
- Pages
- 164-178
- Abstract
Based on the data of the European Social Survey for 2006-2018, an analysis of the attitude of Russian youth towards immigrants is presented in comparison with the attitude of young people in other European countries. It is shown that the most positive in Russia to immigrants and the consequences brought by immigrants to the economy, culture and life in the country as a whole is assessed by a group of young people aged 15-19 years. The closest group of young people to the assessment for Russia as a whole is the group of 25-30 years olds, it is also the most negatively disposed. Youth attitudes toward immigrants of their own nationality are more positive than attitudes toward immigrants of other nationalities and immigrants from poorer countries.
An analysis of the data in the dynamics of the years from 2006 to 2018 showed that there is a tendency to an increase in the positive assessment of immigrants and immigration in Russia.
The most positive impact of immigration on various spheres of life is assessed by young people in Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Latvia, Spain, and most negatively in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, and Russia. The same factors affect the assessment of the changes that immigrants bring in Russia and Sweden: trust and satisfaction with the authorities in the country (the higher the indicators of these variables, the better the attitude towards immigration).
- Keywords
- immigrants, youth, European Social Research, cross-country research, social identity theory, trust
- Date of publication
- 29.12.2020
- Year of publication
- 2020
- Number of purchasers
- 14
- Views
- 1910
References
- 1. Allport G. (1958) The Nature of Prejudice. Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, pp. 229–308.
- 2. Antonov A. (2019) Institut sem'i v Rossii davno razrushen [The institution of the family in Russia has long been destroyed]. Real'noe vremya.(https://realnoevremya.ru/articles/139418-anatoliy-antonov-o-demograficheskom-krizise-i-krizise-semi).
- 3. Azrout R., J. van Spanje, Vreese C. de (2011) Talking Turkey: Anti-immigrant Attitudes and Their Effect on Support for Turkish Membership of the EU. European Union Politics. vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 3–19 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116510389498).
- 4. Badyshtova I. M. (2009) Rossijskaya molodezh': vzglyad na migraciyu [Russian youth: a look at migration] Nauchnye trudy: Institut narodnohozyajstvennogo prognozirovaniya RAN, FGBUN Institut narodnohozyajstvennogo prognozirovaniya RAN, no. 7, pp. 451–481.
- 5. Gniewosz B., Noack P. (2015) Parental Influences on Adolescents Negative Attitudes Towards Immigrants. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, vol. 44, pp. 1787–1802 (10.1007/s10964-015-0291-3).
- 6. Gorodzeisky A. (2011) Who Are the Europeans That Europeans Prefer? Economic Conditions and Exclusionary Views toward European Immigrants. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, vol. 52, no. 1–2, pp. 100–113 (https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2019.00024).
- 7. Heath A., Richards L. (2016) How do Europeans Differ in Their Attitudes to Immigration? (https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/about/conference/HEATH_FORD_how-do-Europeans-differ.pdf).
- 8. Herreros F., Criado H. (2009) Social Trust, Social Capital and Perceptions of Immigration. Political Studie, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 337–355 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00738.x).
- 9. Inglhart R. (1997) Postmodern: menyayushchiesya cennosti i izmenyayushchiesya obshchestva [Postmodern: changing values and changing societies] Politicheskie issledovaniya, no.4, pp. 6–32.
- 10. Jones S., Rutland A. (2018) Attitudes Toward Immigrants Among the Youth: Contact Interventions to Reduce Prejudice in the School Context. European Psychologist, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 83–92 (https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000310).
- 11. Karreth J., Singh S.P., Stojek S.M. (2015) Explaining Attitudes Toward Immigration: The Role of Regional Context and Individual Predispositions. West European Politics, vol. 2382, pp. 1–29 (https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1022039).
- 12. Lancee B., Sarrasin O. (2015) Educated Preferences or Selection Effects? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Educational Attainment on Attitudes Towards Immigrants. European Sociological Review, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 490–501. DOI:10.1093/esr/jcv008.
- 13. Mastikova N. S. (2019) Otnoshenie k migrantam i privnosimym imi izmeneniyam: ocenki rossiyan i evropejcev [Attitudes towards migrants and the changes they bring: assessments of Russians and Europeans] Vestnik Instituta sociologii, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 55–71.
- 14. Mayda A. M. (2006) Who Is Against Immigration? A Cross-Country Investigation of Individual Attitudes toward Immigrants. The Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 510–30.
- 15. Mukomel' V.I. (2017) Ksenofoby i ih antipody, kto oni? [Xenophobes and their antipodes, who are they?] Mir Rossi, no. 1, pp. 32–57.
- 16. Pichler F. (2010) Foundations of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: The Variable Nature of Perceived Group Threat across Changing European Societies, 2002–2006. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, vol. 51, no. 6, pp. 445–469 (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0020715210379456).
- 17. Samsonov V. V. (2012) Sociokul'turnyj sdvig v transformiruyushchihsya obshchestvah [Sociocultural Shift in Transforming Societies] Vestnik NGU. Ser.: Filosofiya, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 82–92.
- 18. Schotte S., Winkler H. (2018) Why Are the Elderly More Averse to Immigration When They Are More Likely to Benefit? Evidence across Countries. International Migration Review, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 1250–1282. DOI:10.1177/0197918318767927.
- 19. Social'noe neravenstvo etnicheskih grupp: predstavleniya i real'nost' = Social inequality of ethnic groups: perceptions and reality. (2002) Ed. by L. M. Drobizheva. Мoscow: Academia.
- 20. Wilkes R., Guppy N., Farris L. (2008) No Thanks, We’re Full: Individual Characteristics, National Context, and Changing Attitudes toward Immigration. International Migration Review, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 302–329. DOI:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008. 00126.x.
- 21. ZHukovskij I. (2019) Kak v Germanii: skol'ko migrantov v Rossii [Like in Germany: how many migrants are in Russia]. Gazeta. Ru (https://www.gazeta.ru/social/2019/10/10/12747578.shtml).
