Socio-Cultural Specific of Russian Frontier

A new paper by Anna Nemirovskaya and Roberto Foa

“Socio-Cultural Specific of Russian Frontier”  by Anna Nemirovskaya and Roberto Foa was published in Russian academic journal Sociological Studies

This paper provides the typology of Russian sociocultural space based on F.J. Turner’s frontier thesis. Using the World Values Survey  data, the researchers demonstrate essential differences between Core and Frontiers socio-cultural features with an emphasis on a comparative study of social tolerance, regional identity, trust, civic participation and life satisfaction among the residents of these territories.

Key words: sociocultural space, regionalization, regional identity, social tolerance, trust, settlement, frontier conception.  

 

 

Laboratory staff congratulates Anna and Roberto and wishes them further scientific success!

 

 

 

*** A.V. Nemirovskaya., R. Foa. Socio-cultural Specific of Russian Frontier //Sociological Studies, 2013 (4). P. 80-88