DETERMINANTS OF ELECTORAL PASSIVITY OF THE YOUTH IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN) Cover Image

ДЕТЕРМИНАНТЫ ЭЛЕКТОРАЛЬНОЙ ПАССИВНОСТИ МОЛОДЁЖИ РФ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БАШКОРТОСТАН)
DETERMINANTS OF ELECTORAL PASSIVITY OF THE YOUTH IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (USING THE EXAMPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN)

Author(s): Rustam Ayratovich Karimov
Subject(s): Politics, Political Theory, Sociology, Electoral systems, Politics and society, Social differentiation, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Казанский (Приволжский) федеральный университет
Keywords: electoral behavior; legal nihilism; youth political absenteeism; negative social adaptation; electoral culture; regional elections;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the reasons for electoral passivity of modern Russian youth. It is pointed out that various subjective and objective factors have influenced the formation of a unique electoral culture of young people in Russia. The Republic of Bashkortostan is taken as a region for research, since it combines various factors determining the political culture and electoral behavior of the population. The study shows that “damped fluctuations”, depending on the priority and status of the elections, is a common pattern of the electoral behavior of young people in the Republic of Bashkortostan.

  • Issue Year: 156/2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 238-245
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Russian