Problems and Development Tendencies of the Population Migration Processes in the Globalizing World: the Cultural Aspect

The article presents an analysis of the various migration processes in the modern globalizing world, and of the causes of them as well. There are compared positive and negative manifestations of the migration and its im pact on various spheres of the life and activity of the states involved in it. The author pays special attention to the la bor migration at the macro level and outlines the prob lems that influence on the participant countries. The arti cle presents the statistical data on the migratory processes at the international and national levels, which confi rm the positive dynamics of international migration and the mi gratory increase in urban areas. One of the major migration problems is that the cross-cul tural communication can result in conflicts. Representa tives of different cultures are afraid of losing their origina lity, therefore the process of localization becomes inevita ble. The project of global world and the threat of cultural unification have caused demonstrative manifestations of cultural heterogeneity among the humankind in different parts of the world. Thus, the cultural diversity of the mo dern world does not decrease under the influence of the inte gration processes - it even becomes more complex and con flicting - and the density of cultural boundaries increases.

migrants, migration, globalization, economy, labor market, social and cultural adaptation, intercultural communication, cross-cultural conflicts

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