Students, Ethnic Extremism and Xenophobia: From Diagnostics of the Problem to Ways of Overcoming

Abstract

The article reviews the results of a large-scale social survey carried on in sixteen regions of Russia. There is a common view that the youth is influenced by the extremist ideology including nationalism and xenophobia. However, the study reveals that it is not true. The nature of the xenophobic mood is simple: uncontrolled migration and formation of local centers of alien cultures lead to negative attitudes towards representatives of other nations and races. The author proposes the actions to decrease the level of xenophobia and extremism.