ЭКСПЕРТНАЯ ОЦЕНКА СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ СПРАВЕДЛИВОСТИ В КОНТЕКСТЕ ИНТЕГРАЦИИ ЭТНИЧЕСКИХ ОБЩНОСТЕЙ КРАСНОДАРСКОГО КРАЯ

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to consider social justice as a principle of regulation of interethnic interactions and the basis of social integration in the Krasnodar territory.

Methodological base of the research. As part of the project under the Program of Fundamental and Applied Scientific Research on the topic «Ethnocultural Diversity of Russian Society and Strengthening the All-Russian Identity» in the fall of 2020, a sociological study was conducted on the understanding and interpretation of justice in relation to the sphere of interethnic relations in the Krasnodar Territory. The methodological basis of the toolkit was the ideas of the constructivist theory of ethnicity and the theory of social justice. Justice was viewed as a terminal and instrumental value that regulates interethnic relations and ensures the integration of ethnic communities in the region.

Results of the research. On the basis of the experts' position, factors were identified that form a sense of social justice/injustice among representatives of ethnic communities – Shapsugs, Armenians, Meskhetian Turks, and also Cossacks. This made it possible to determine the degree of influence of ideas of social justice on the nature of expectations and restrictions in the formation of the general civil identity of these representatives of ethnic communities. As a result, it was found that the subsequent integration of ethnic communities in the Krasnodar Region does not presuppose separate assistance with the provision of special political status and economic benefits, but the recognition of the equality of civil rights of their representatives as Russians, while promoting the preservation of cultural identity.