Prokhorova, Yu. I., Blagorodov, A. A., Kozachenko, P. N., & Volkova, G. Yu.
The reason for the presence of acute problems that worry the population of the North Caucasian Federal District and provoke them to the greatest discontent. |
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Scientific Object Identifier: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-01-129-10
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2024.01.129.10
Language: English
Citation: Prokhorova, Yu. I., Blagorodov, A. A., Kozachenko, P. N., & Volkova, G. Yu. (2024). The reason for the presence of acute problems that worry the population of the North Caucasian Federal District and provoke them to the greatest discontent. ISJ Theoretical & Applied Science, 01 (129), 154-178. Soi: http://s-o-i.org/1.1/TAS-01-129-10 Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.15863/TAS.2024.01.129.10 |
Pages: 154-178
Published: 30.01.2024
Abstract: In the article, the authors analyze public opinion in 6 republics of the North Caucasus on the main issues that concern residents, causing mass discontent and protests. The empirical basis for the analysis is the results of a sociological study conducted by the authors in July-September 2023: mass representative surveys in all republics with a sample of 500 to 1000 people, 18 group discussions - focus groups and 13 in-depth interviews with experts and public opinion leaders. The study is a continuation of the 2021 survey, which allows us to identify the dynamics of public opinion on the main issues. The study showed a slight increase in positive assessments of the situation in the republics; more people note development and progress rather than decline. At the same time, the republics of the North Caucasus are characterized by the presence of authoritarian forms of government; people are afraid to publicly express critical views regarding political institutions and the leadership of the republics, they tend to more often give socially acceptable answers to pressing questions, and evaluate the successes of the republic higher than they do in private conversations. At the same time, when discussing specific life problems, people give more realistic assessments. As the study showed, in recent years the set of the most pressing problems worrying the population in the republics of the North Caucasus has remained virtually unchanged. The four problems that far outstrip the others in terms of their severity in population estimates are unemployment, corruption, poverty and terrorism. Over the past three years, a fifth problem has been added to them - the high cost of housing and communal services. Each republic has its own pain points that cause the greatest dissatisfaction among residents. In Chechnya, the population calls unemployment the most pressing problem; in Dagestan, in addition to unemployment, they name corruption, in In Kabardino-Balkaria, along with unemployment, there is terrorism, in Karachay-Cherkessia - poverty, low incomes; in Ingushetia - terrorism and in North Ossetia - poverty. Research has shown that the population's dissatisfaction with unsolvable problems and the activities of the authorities did not lead to an increase in separatist sentiments; the majority of the population of the republics does not see their existence outside of Russia.
Key words: public opinion, North Caucasus, socio-economic problems, social tension, discontent, criticism of government, unemployment, terrorism, corruption, poverty, housing and communal services, healthcare, education, crime, youth, separatism.
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