PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT SELF-GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES AS A FACTOR OF YOUTH’S CIVIL ACTIVITY FORMATION


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The current situation in Russia is characterized by many challenges which include economic, political and socio-cultural factors. It is obvious that within this framework the prosperity of the country will not only depend on a strong and stable economy but also on the degree of citizen involvement, especially of the younger generation, in socially significant events and socio-economic processes, as well as the general level of civic engagement. In the context of studying the determinants of young people civic engagement, special attention is paid to the analysis of their involvement into the student government activities. Identifying the extent and character of the relationship between participation in student government and the level of youth’s civil engagement will allow analyzing special aspects of the Russian youth’s civic culture.

The paper presents the results of sociological research that analyzes the impact of participation in the student government on the formation of Russian youth’s civil culture. Features of social attitudes and social activity of young people are considered depending on their work experience in the student government. Besides, the paper analyses such categories as the respondents’ attitude to the situation in the region and the country, and the willingness to sacrifice their private interests for the public and the degree of participation in socially important events of the region and country.

The respondents with experience of work in the student government take part in different rallies, demonstrations, public events and elections more often than respondents without such experience. At the same time, both categories of respondents are equally willing to prioritize public interests over their own. An indicator of activists’ altruism is only slightly higher than the same indicator for ordinary students. But there is very interesting information: the altruism indicator is significantly higher for students who are/were holding official positions in the student government.

About the authors

Vladimir Pavlovich Vorobiev

Penza State University, Penza

Author for correspondence.
Email: vvp@sura.ru

Doctor of Sciences (Sociology), professor of Chair “Public Administration and Regional Sociology”

Russian Federation

Svetlana Mikhailovna Pavlova

Penza State University, Penza

Email: smpavlova2013@gmail.com

postgraduate student of Chair “Public Administration and Regional Sociology”

Russian Federation

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