Velikaya N.M., Shushpanova I.S. Russian youth about prospects and images of the future socio-political development of the country. Bulletin of the South-Russian State Technical University (NPI). Series: Socio-Economic Sciences. 2021. Vol. 14. No. 2. Pp. 29-40.

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Abstract

The purpose of the research in the article is to analyze the socio-political aspects of the current image of the future among Russian youth. The level of trust in the presidential power, which is an important indicator of the legitimacy of state institutions, and the attitude of young people to the amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation are considered separately. Taking into account the high level of globalization of the Russian society, the authors analyze the prospects of the foreign policy course and the possibilities of the geopolitical position of Russia in the near future from the point of view of the youth. The methodological framework of the research is based on the application of a systematic, integrated approach to the study of prospects and images of the future in the assessments of Russian youth. The authors based their research on the study of a broad theoretical base, analyzing works of the leading scientists and practitioners in the field of youth and political sociology and other related disciplines. On this basis, the original methodological support of the research project was developed. The empirical base was formed by the results of the sociological study «The stability of the sociopolitical development of Russian society and the changing image of the future in the mass consciousness of citizens», conducted by the Center for Strategic Social and Socio-Political Studies of the ISPI of the Russian Academy of Sciences in December 2020 with the participation of the authors. The results of the study. The ideal image of the socio-political system has a hybrid character, based both on universal values and on opposing political and ideological ones. The protest potential of young people does not threaten the stability of the modern political system and is largely constrained by a high level of confidence in the future and social optimism. The conclusion about the stability of political culture, which demonstrates continuity and the presence of a split on the basis of choosing the preferred social system: capitalism or socialism, is also drawn in the article. The perspective of the research is the continuation of the collection and analysis of new and existing monitoring sociological information in order to identify tendency in the transformation of images of the future socio-political development of the country in the assessments of Russian youth.

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