State and youth: the problem of civic education and possible ways of its solution
The article raises the problem of the ineffectiveness of the youth policy implemented by the state on the example of the protest actions of January 2021. The authors consider the main directions and forms of implementation of youth policy, enshrined in the Federal Law “On Youth Policy in the Russian Federation», with the help of which the state activates young people for the development of the state. The position on the inconsistency of the thesis about the apolitical nature of youth is put forward and illustrated. The statistics of participants of protest actions at the beginning of 2021 among Moscow and St. Petersburg residents are presented and analyzed. The main age categories of participants in protest actions are highlighted, and the main reasons for protest activity are formulated. The opinion of the younger generation about the reasons for the transition to the opposition and adherence to opposition views is given separately. The authors also formulated a thesis about cooperation between the state and the younger generation. A separate emphasis is placed on the fact that the state needs to attract the younger generation to solve urgent socio-political problems so that young people feel their involvement in their resolution. In this regard, the authors demonstrate the need to move to new ways and forms of working with the younger generation in connection with the current socio-economic situation. In this way, the authors propose ways to form value orientations and civic education among the younger generation on the example of the Smolensk regional pedagogical camp «Sokol», held since 1989 under the leadership of professor N. P. Senchenkov.