Subjective Well-Being and Conflicting Social Identities in the Frontier Regions of Russia
Journal: Journal of Siberian Federal University Humanities & Social Sciences
Year: 2019

This study analyses how subjective well-being indicators and territorial social identities vary in the Russian frontier and core regions. It is assumed that the frontier history of settlement and border location of the regions has an impact on various socio-cultural and socio-political features of its communities, thus shaping the specific territorial social identities of people living on the front lines of Russia. These identities might be in conflicting relations, especially when taken as a fa