THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICY ON YOUTH ACTIVIST LIFE STRATEGIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TRANSFORMATION

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to study directions and barriers to implementation of youth reproductive function in the strategy of equal opportunities as the main indicator of young generation's life activities. Methodological apparatus of research is based on positions of structural-activity, subject-activity, and dispositional approaches. The main conclusions of this study are based on the author's sociological research. The research proves that institutional environment of modern society creates youth expectations in a mixed way. At the level of neo-etacratism, there are state’s guarantees and incentives for youth independence. However, there are disproportions between institutions of order and stability that prescribe control over young people's activities and development institutions that stimulate young people's self-activity, forming their responsibility in the process of reproduction of Russian society. The obtained results are aimed at expanding the understanding of content and direction of young people's life strategies. The results can be used in implementation of social support programs and technological innovations in the youth environment, employment, and formation of civic consciousness. The results can be also used to create the applied approaches for studying communicative, professional and mobilization capabilities of various youth groups; social identification of young people in the process of implementing life strategies; the impact of youth equality strategies on improving social and professional competence of young people. The scientific novelty consists in presenting the strategy of equal opportunities for the young people as behavioral practices aimed at achieving life strategies and goals based on equal chances.