SOCIAL IDENTITY IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION: THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
In this paper we analyze the current state of theoretical approaches that make up the methodology of sociological research of transformational processes in personal and socio-group identity in the context of changes associated with migration movements. Among the diverse positions and approaches to the study and to the understanding of identity in the situation with transnational migration, it seems appropriate to rely on the ideas of interactionism and social constructivism, where identity is understood as a flexible and unstable phenomenon that is constantly in the process of deconstruction and reconstruction, since migrants are forced to solve identity problems as a result of moving between cultures and different social systems. At the same time, the phenomenon of transnationalism itself further aggravates the problems of identity formation of transnational migrants, and influences the transformation of group identities of both host societies and metropolitan societies. It is concluded that the foundation of identity occurs due to the formation of self-image and social categorization. The very explanation of identity in the context of the intensification of transnational migration is based on the ideas of interactionism and social constructivism, which reveal the permanent nature of deconstruction and reconstruction of its cultural and social foundations. In addition, focusing on migrants as "transit people" shows that the study of migration creates new opportunities for the study of personality and its specific properties. The intermediate, borderline situation of migrants, permanent being "on the road" implies the absence of "protection of the home", that is, the family, the city, the social network or the national state, and directs them to search for new symbolic and material spaces. Therefore, the problems and mechanisms of formation and transformation of social identities in the context of transnational migrations require close attention and additional research