PROTEST POTENTIAL OF RUSSIAN YOUTH: RESEARCH PARADIGM AND POLITICAL PRACTICE
The article analyzes theoretical and methodological approaches to the treatment of political participation, which is one of the indicators of self-identity, qualitatively different, a practical level of involvement of the individual in politics, as opposed to emotional evaluations and judgments. Based on the polls, the author proves its position on the possibility of resumption of wide-scale protests in December 2011 - February 2012, the eve of the election cycle in 2016. The conclusion is drawn on the protest potential as her essential characteristics and the presence of not only the negative but also the positive aspects of the protest. It has been argued the need to scrutiny of political power to the different forms of youth activity and management to guide the youth energy in a socially useful direction, promotion of socially significant initiatives, the organization of a permanent constructive dialogue to minimize the negative impact on society and the individual protest ideology and psychology. Concludes that there is not only negative, but also positive aspects of the protest, the need for attention to the political power of young people, various forms of manifestation of its activity.