INVOLVEMENT OF YOUTH INTO CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT AS A THEORETICAL PROBLEM

The importance of the issue reflected in the paper is directly related to the social changes currently occurring in Russian society, the main indicator of which, as a rule, is youth. Moreover, the study of the issue is important in connection with the ongoing debate about the nature and dynamics of the civil society in modern Russia. This paper defines the essential characteristics of youth involvement into civil society development. Theoretical problem of the work is determined by the approach of H. Ortega-and-Gasset. Thus, the main objective of the paper is to answer the question – what the involvement of youth into civil society development is. The paper analyzes the existing definitions within the Western and domestic scientific community of such concepts as youth, civic involvement and civil society; emphasizes the importance of studying the classification of the “participation” concept. The analysis discovered that, despite numerous works devoted to the phenomenon of involvement, the term itself is used by researchers in different contexts, and is filled with different contents. Particular attention is paid to the problem of relation between the key types of involvement, such as civic, political, public and social. Following the results of the analysis, the author has determined her position concerning this issue, where youth involvement in the civil society development is defined as the introduction of a number of rules, regulations, and self-organizing technology for youth, which in their turn are based on the voluntary co-operation with all sorts of actors and stimulate freedom, equality and solidarity ensuring.