Xenophobia in the Russian Federation: Geography, Gender, and Generation of Nation
[Thesis]
Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus
Gerber, Theodore P.
The University of Wisconsin - Madison
2015
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Committee members: Ferree, Myra M.; Herrera, Yoshiko M.; Lim, Chaeyoon; Loveman, Mara
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-03611-3
Ph.D.
Sociology - LS
The University of Wisconsin - Madison
2015
This dissertation is a study of xenophobia in the Russian Federation. Sociologists have had a longstanding interest in prejudice, xenophobia, and racism. Such attitudes imply that the ethnic majority gives tacit if not explicit approval to social and political practices that keep minorities in positions of relative weakness. Russia is a particularly interesting case, as it is the second-highest immigrant receiving nation in the world, has recently issued laws that target minority groups, and yet has a majority party that still appears less xenophobic than some populists in Western Europe or even the US.
Slavic Studies; Political science; Sociology
Social sciences;Eastern europe;Emotions;Prejudice;Russia;Xenophobia;Youth