SOCIAL SELF-DETERMINATION OF YOUTH IN THE CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN SOCIETY
The article examines the correlation of axiological models (life-creation, conformism, self-affirmation, self- renunciation) and behavioral strategies of the social self-determination in various self-realization spheres (labor, family, civil). The relevance of the topic is determined by the problematization of the youth self-determination in conditions of progressive uncertainty and pluralization of the forms of self-realization. A complex conceptualization of the category«youth social self-determination» is proposed. We describe its dynamic structure within the framework of the correlation of the processes of socialization and identification, along with its main stages (internalization of the sociocultural context, intellectual reflection, self-regulation of life) and elements (axiological models and behavioral strategies) and types of this process. Thus, social self-determination is understood as a process of internal changes at the level of «axiological models» with the aim of external active adaptation and self-realization within the framework of chosen «behavioral strategies». The analysis is based on the materials of a sociological survey using a quota sample (sex, age, main activity) of young people aged 16 to 30 that was conducted in the summer of 2017 in Perm. On the basis of the correlation analysis, the tendencies of individualization of the social self-determination of contemporary Russian youth are confirmed, the effects of the «reverse» influence of social pressure on the possibilities of «normative» social self-determination and the phenomena of «escape from freedom» are revealed. The risks of self-realization are analyzed in the context of the forced modernization of Russian society imposed from the top of social management downwards, when young people lose their subjectivity, abilities and opportunities for active self-determination of their life.