Neutralization of Challenges and Threats in the Sphere of Inter-Ethnic Relations: Results of Inter-Ethnic Relations Monitoring in the Republic if Kazakhstan, 2015
This article examines the main directions of ethnic policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the attitudes of representatives of various ethnic groups towards them. The authors identify challenges and threats to stability in the ethno-social sphere using both theoretical features of ethno-social stratiﬁcation of modern Kazakhstan society and by applying statistical data and the results of sociological monitoring. The article demonstrates that awareness and assessment of inequality of ethnic groups in access to social resources is taking on paramount signiﬁ cance in the ethnic stratiﬁcation system and is becoming the main factor of the increasing potential for conﬂict based on the inter-ethnic relations. The authors pay particular attention to the analysis of conﬂict potential in the structure of ethno-production and ethno-professional stratiﬁcation in Kazakhstan; differences in the adaptation levels of ethnic groups to new social and economic realities; problems of unregulated internal migration; socio-linguistic processes; and personnel policy. The article also points out certain effective measures to counteract destructive tendencies in the development of inter-ethnic relations.