MODERN UKRAINIAN LABOR MIGRANTS STEREOTYPES ABOUT THE OTHER, “OURS”, AND “THEIRS

Анотація

The article is devoted to the study of the images of the Other, one’s own and someone
else’s in the author’s sociological research. Since the topic of images of the Other, one’s
own and someone else’s is in demand and quite discussed in national sociology, as
Ukraine is currently moving towards European integration, which means that the issue
of tolerance and acceptance of the Other, in particular ethnically and nationally, will be
quite acute. The purpose of the article is to determine the impact of labour migration on
the peculiarities of ethnic and national stereotypes, in particular, the formation of images
of the Other, one’s own and someone else’s, among labour migrants from Ukraine. The
paper analyses the materials collected by the author and interviews for the presence of
images and basic traits attributed to labour migrants. Using the images portrayed by
the respondents, ten main pairs of key characteristics were identifi ed (generous/greedy,
patriots/non-patriots, hardworking/lazy, religious/non-religious, rich/poor, democratic/
non-democratic, non-aggressive/aggressive, tolerant/intolerant, sincere/hypocritical,
liberal/conservative).
Keywords: labour migration, stereotype, Other, stranger, own, ethno-social distance,
interview.