Open AccessYouth of Irkutsk Region: Protest Potential and Attitude toward the Political Opposition
Author(s) -
E. A. Eliseeva,
A. A. Nechkina,
R. Yu. Zulуar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
izvestiâ irkutskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ politologiâ, religiovedenie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2073-3380
DOI - 10.26516/2073-3380.2021.36.67
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , politics , portrait , political science , political economy , sociology , law , history , art history
The article analyzes a protest activity as one of the areas of political activity of young people in modern Russian society. The purpose of the study is to explore the attitude towards the opposition and the oppositional potential of the youth of the Irkutsk region. The authors revealed that the portrait of an average young man in the Irkutsk region (in terms of his attitude to the opposition and protest potential) is as follows: he or she is a person who latently criticizes the authorities and expects changes, but whose political activity is below the average level.