New forms of patriotism in the context of globalization

New forms of patriotism in the context of globalization in Turbulent times

Problems of youth integration into the social and political life are always actual and important. The population ageing and the young people wish to leave the country make the authorities to draw their attention to the youth. The political process determining the youth policy at the Putin’s age includes political reforms of non-democratic nature at the background of weak and underdeveloped democratic institutes (such as political parties, mass media and NGOs), centralization of the power and forming the soft authoritarian regime with abridged rights of the federal subjects and abolishment of governor’s elections and adoption of the new electoral law, as well as returning to the archaic imperial and military rhetoric.

 This sociological research shows that the young people’s consciousness is not more progressive and modern in the political sphere. They are infected with the virus of revanchism and they are sorry about the end of the empire and dreaming of a strong state. The youth electoral activity’s level is less than 12%. The youth absenteeism may be explained by the low standard of life, no effect of the political activity and political ignorance along with the low level of the political culture and emotional alienation from the authorities and high barriers for the youth in politics. And at last, the young people don’t see any existing political parties, which are able to defend their interests.

We analyze different forms of the youth political and civil activities within political parties, pro-Kremlin, ecological and radical and forbidden organizations.