YOUTHS CIVIC ACTIVISM IN THE SARATOV REGION: SOCIO-POLITICAL INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION POTENTIAL

The variability of youth civil activism' manifestations and the potential of socio-political involvement of students in the life of society are analyzed. The results of the author's empirical research show that young people critically assess the socio-political transformations in the Saratov region, which increases their protest potential. In everyday manifestations, civic activism is embodied in volunteering (assistance to socially vulnerable groups of the population) and environmental actions. The logistic regression model has identified higher odds of participation in protest actions from the following categories of students: having a tendency to violation of the legislation using destructive actions; interested in socio-political environment; discussing topical issues in social networks; with sympathy related to the activities of public associations protest orientation; receiving secondary vocational education, and linking citizenship with self-sacrifice.