Abstract

The article examines the main modern preconditions for the study of volunteering in Russia and Udmurtia. The materials of an online survey among volunteers show the main socio-demographic profiles of participants in the volunteer movement, their values and attitudes, as well as priority areas for the development of volunteer activities and the main problems that volunteers face. The problems of the close relationship of the volunteer movement with formal state and near-state structures, the internal heterogeneity of the volunteer movement, the presence of models of segregation and discrimination within the volunteer movement are identified. It is stated that all the identified problems impede the development of the volunteer movement as an element of civil society self-organization. A comparison is made between the differences in value orientations of young people living in Udmurtia and young people involved in volunteer movement. The article shows that volunteers share a distinct set of values and are more socially oriented. In addition, it shows the high importance of friendship and close ties in the volunteer environment, which under favorable conditions associated with taking into account the opinion on promising areas of work, can be a driver of the volunteer movement in Udmurtia.

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