ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC
Article deals with sociological survey results of two respondents types (foreign labour migrants and local community) within five Russian Arctic regions (Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District, Chukotksy Autonomous District, Republic of Karelia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Murmansk Oblast). Survey res...
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The Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Centre Kola Science Centre
2022-09-01
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| author | Maria A. Pitukhina Oleg V. Tolstoguzov Anastasia D. Belykh |
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| description | Article deals with sociological survey results of two respondents types (foreign labour migrants and local community) within five Russian Arctic regions (Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District, Chukotksy Autonomous District, Republic of Karelia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Murmansk Oblast). Survey results of foreign labour migrants made it possible to create a foreign labour migrant profile in the Russian Arctic — it is a man with a secondary vocational education. Survey results of local community in the Russian Arctic made it possible to calculate both conflict index and tolerance index in relation to five Russian Arctic regions. It turned out that conflict index is still quite high at Republic of Karelia and Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). More peaceful situation takes place at Chukotka Autonomous District and Murmanskya Oblast. Both empirical study and its theoretical generalization revealed foreign labour migrants’ integration issues in the Arctic as well as what might happen when social climate fluctuates.
The goal of this article is to identify opportunities for cooperation between local communities and foreign labour migrants in the Arctic taking into account socio-economic and ethnic traits of Russian Arctic regions. Based on sociological toolkit identifying some tension areas a theoretical rationale was formulated in order to demonstrate how foreign labour migrants’ integration in the Arctic regions occurs and what might happen when social climate fluctuates. A structural model determining interethnic conflicts likelihood was also applied for predictive evaluation.
In conclusion, it is emphasized that respondents’ survey results hold in five Arctic regions have demonstrated its “preventive” nature for the Arctic. In terms of interethnic relations, Russian Arctic is not tense and is under control. At the same time, communicative model development between foreign labor migrants and host community allowed us to see how migrants’ integration occurs in the Arctic and what might happen in social climate under certain fluctuations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-691fcf6edf9e41bdbbba9f9de2d6ec6a2022-12-22T03:22:04ZengThe Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Centre Kola Science CentreСевер и рынок: формирование экономического порядка2220-802X2022-09-01253708610.37614/2220-802X.3.2022.77.005ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTICMaria A. Pitukhina0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7012-2079Oleg V. Tolstoguzov1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-8342Anastasia D. Belykh2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-6696Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, RussiaInstitute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, RussiaInstitute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, RussiaArticle deals with sociological survey results of two respondents types (foreign labour migrants and local community) within five Russian Arctic regions (Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous District, Chukotksy Autonomous District, Republic of Karelia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Murmansk Oblast). Survey results of foreign labour migrants made it possible to create a foreign labour migrant profile in the Russian Arctic — it is a man with a secondary vocational education. Survey results of local community in the Russian Arctic made it possible to calculate both conflict index and tolerance index in relation to five Russian Arctic regions. It turned out that conflict index is still quite high at Republic of Karelia and Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). More peaceful situation takes place at Chukotka Autonomous District and Murmanskya Oblast. Both empirical study and its theoretical generalization revealed foreign labour migrants’ integration issues in the Arctic as well as what might happen when social climate fluctuates. The goal of this article is to identify opportunities for cooperation between local communities and foreign labour migrants in the Arctic taking into account socio-economic and ethnic traits of Russian Arctic regions. Based on sociological toolkit identifying some tension areas a theoretical rationale was formulated in order to demonstrate how foreign labour migrants’ integration in the Arctic regions occurs and what might happen when social climate fluctuates. A structural model determining interethnic conflicts likelihood was also applied for predictive evaluation. In conclusion, it is emphasized that respondents’ survey results hold in five Arctic regions have demonstrated its “preventive” nature for the Arctic. In terms of interethnic relations, Russian Arctic is not tense and is under control. At the same time, communicative model development between foreign labor migrants and host community allowed us to see how migrants’ integration occurs in the Arctic and what might happen in social climate under certain fluctuations.http://www.iep.kolasc.net.ru/journal/eng/?page_id=956russian arcticforeign labour migrationinter-ethnic relationsconflict indextolerance indexhuman capitallocal communities |
| spellingShingle | Maria A. Pitukhina Oleg V. Tolstoguzov Anastasia D. Belykh ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC Север и рынок: формирование экономического порядка russian arctic foreign labour migration inter-ethnic relations conflict index tolerance index human capital local communities |
| title | ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC |
| title_full | ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC |
| title_fullStr | ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC |
| title_full_unstemmed | ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC |
| title_short | ARCTIC LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOREIGN LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC |
| title_sort | arctic local communities and foreign labour migration in the russian arctic |
| topic | russian arctic foreign labour migration inter-ethnic relations conflict index tolerance index human capital local communities |
| url | http://www.iep.kolasc.net.ru/journal/eng/?page_id=956 |
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