Самоидентификация молодежи Московского региона как фактор конструирования образа будущего России

Abstract

The article is based on the study “Political identification of youth in the Moscow region” conducted in May-June 2021 on the basis of the Center for Political Science of the ISPR FCTAS RAS. It describes the features of the political and ideological identification of youth in Moscow and the Moscow region, which are considered as the most important factor in political behavior and civil activity. The authors identified the groups of young people according to their self-identification, based on a civilizational approach. Revealing the positions of different groups of young people regarding the present and future of Russia demonstrates a high level of social optimism among those who demonstrate adherence to the Russian cultural matrix. In turn, in the groups where orientations towards the Western culture prevail, there is a more pessimistic attitude towards both their future and the prospects for the country’s development.