1. North Caucasus: Promoting conflict Resolution Strategy In An Unstable Region.
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POPOV, Maxim
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CONFLICT management ,RELIGIOUS identity ,POLARIZATION (Social sciences) ,POLITICAL stability ,CULTURAL identity ,CIVIL society ,COMPARATIVE studies - Abstract
The article is devoted to comparative analysis of contemporary political theories of socio-cultural integration policy as a way of constructive conflict resolution in the North Caucasus. Latent ethno-political conflicts remain the most noticeable of contemporary challenges and threats to civil solidarity and ethnic peace in this unstable region. The fundamental issue that requires a constructive solution in order to ensure political stability in the North Caucasus region is the promotion of multi-level and inclusive sociocultural integration. This study claims that the escalation of protracted, deep-rooted conflicts is the result of large-scale social disintegration as a fundamental threat to the North Caucasus stability. Socio-cultural disintegration is superimposed on ethno-territorial and social polarization: ethno-political particularism, religious traditionalism and large-scale demodernization of the North Caucasus archaize regional identities, hindering the formation of civil society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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