A Portfolio of the Identities of Young People of the South of Russia Under the Conditions of Civilizational Choice

The Russian identity in post-Soviet conditions is ambiguous, and a new identity is still not formed. Data from the southern regions show that religion and ethnicity are more powerful sources of identity than being a citizen of Russia.     

A Social Portrait of Today's Religious Believer

Work in modern, highly-automated and mechanized industry and agriculture cannot be efficient without a knowledge of mathematics. Our schools with production training programs not only prepare students for practical work but also organize their work in industry and provide them with specific habits and skills in certain trades. In many cases the process of learning skills involves mathematical calculations, measurements and drawing. All these operations are based on knowledge of mathematics learned in school; therefore mathematics, together with the other general-education subjects, forms the basis of polytechnic and vocational training.     

Today's Young People

A study of the values and life plans of young Russians show that they exhibit great continuity with those found in Soviet society. An apathetic and passive approach to the future is found among a significant proportion of youth in Russia.     

Young People, Risk Taking and Risk Making: Some Thoughts for Social Work

Policy makers, professionals and the public have become increasinglyconcerned with identifying and managing young people who arenot only troubled or at risk, but troubling or risky. Socialwork, however, has been relatively silent on the subject. Insocial work practice, young people have become largely ‘someoneelse’s problem’; in the academy, relatively littlecritical attention has been given to their risk taking, or tothe way we ‘make’ or construct it. This paper takesan exploratory rather than systematically comprehensive journey,across a range of discursive terrains, to open up the debate.Examining current concerns with youth and risk, it exploressome of the social and psychological theory bases whereby youthis constructed as a risky business. Drawing on empirical researchfrom several disciplines, it examines patterns and dynamicsof young people’s risk taking, and explores concepts ofrisk culture and cultural learning, identity capital and Bourdieu’snotion of ‘habitus’, to frame these. The discussionhighlights the need for critically reflective social work tounderstand the complex interplay of identity and agency, structure,culture and context that underpins young people’s risktaking. It encourages us to scrutinize our judgements of whatis acceptable or unacceptable riskiness, what within and whatbeyond the pale.     

Problems of the Socialization of Today's Young People

Data from survey research on intergenerational cultural continuity in Russia shows that there is a growing gap between values and understanding of Russian ethnicity over time as links between generations become weaker.     

Young People and Organized Crime

The standard of living of the population in the Far East is tending to go downward, and it is lower than the average for the country. Mediated through sociopsychological, geographical, and other factors, the decline in the standard of living leads to an increase in crime. In addition, the region of the Far East is distinguished by its high level of criminalization of the population, by a percentage of convicted people who suffer from alcoholism and narcotics abuse, nervous and mental abnormalities, and so forth that is higher than any place else; this is also another factor that brings about further complication of the criminological situation.     

角色理论视角下的年青人的身份认同

中国社会一直以来存在着明显的城乡二元结构分化问题，对于中国的城市社会与乡土社会来说，赋予个体的角色和身份认同就是在传统观念的影响下形成的。通过对角色理论和身份认同的分析，来解读文化观念对人的影响。     

角色理论视角下的年青人的身份认同

中国社会一直以来存在着明显的城乡二元结构分化问题,对于中国的城市社会与乡土社会来说,赋予个体的角色和身份认同就是在传统观念的影响下形成的.通过对角色理论和身份认同的分析,来解读文化观念对人的影响.     

Government, Social Services Departments and the Health of Children and Young People: Which Way Forward?

Summary Despite the dearth of research into the health of children andyoung people in contact with or ‘looked after’ bylocal authorities, a series of official and quasi-official reportshave begun to raise awareness of this issue. There are goodreasons to believe that this group of children will be disadvantagedin terms of health as they are in other aspects of their lives.The evidence suggests that local authorities do not live upto the standards of ‘good parents’. Current notionsof good practice are critically appraised and the article concludesthat social work is unable to do more than mitigate the effectsof Government policies which affect health and social servicesand which have lead to widening social inequalities.     

A Contested Identity: An Exploration of the Competing Social and Political Discourse Concerning the Identification and Positioning of Young People of Inter-Racial Parentage

The development of racial and ethnic identity of minority ethnicchildren and young people in contemporary multi-racial Westernsociety remains an important academic concern. More recently,a relatively new debate about the identity and ‘correct’labelling of children of inter-racial relationships has beenbrewing in British academic literature. Nowhere is this morevociferous and intense than in the field of social work. Thispaper identifies two competing perspectives vying for positionin this ideological and political battle. It is argued thatwhilst overall consensus may not be possible or even desirable,it is important to explore these ideological positions as theyplay a key role in influencing social work policy and practice.     

辽宁人的低碳贡献·青少年篇

<正>百万青少年成为绿色使者在辽宁,越来越多的家长在孩子的带动下,减少了私家车出行的次数,家里换上了节能灯泡,随手关灯、关紧水龙头的习惯已经养成。在公共场所,越来越多的人们使用环保袋购物和可循环使用     

The Conceptualization of Young People in the Twenty-First Century

The article examines theories of youth that have been proposed in the past few years by Russian scientists, and presents the author's original version of a theory of youth that is based on the thesaurus methodological approach. It addresses the ways in which biosocial characteristics may be reflected in new theories of youth.     

俄罗斯的社会转型与社会阶层分化

20世纪80年代,俄罗斯社会开始转型,90年代以后,俄罗斯的社会阶层发生了明显的分化。本文主要从以下几个方面描述和分析俄罗斯的社会阶层分化：1、社会收入的差距（包括个人的收入差距,政府各部门之间、社会各行业之间的收入差距,俄罗斯区域间的收入差距）。2、“社会边缘群体”和“新贫困者”。“社会边缘群体”是一些不能确定自己的社会地位和群体归属的“被社会边缘化”的人群。“新贫困者”是指前苏联时期,以教授、工程师和医生等知识分子为主体的社会阶层,俄罗斯社会改革前,他们生活安逸,有很高的社会地位,而现在却生活艰难,变成了俄罗斯的穷人。3、新中产阶级。 俄罗斯在社会政治、经济转型过程中,旧的以知识分子为核心的社会中间阶层消失了,出现了新的以企业主为中心的中产阶级,俄罗斯新中产阶级的出现使俄罗斯的社会阶级结构发生了巨大的变化。     

Resilience of Young People in Residential Care

Children and young people in residential care may have experienced or may experience various difficult, life-threatening events, such as neglect, abuse, or violence and maltreatment known as adversities. Despite this, some of them are able to function and even prosper and this has been attributed to the development of resilience. In this qualitative empirical study, we focus on the under-researched area of how young people in care reflect on and cope with such adversities. The exploratory research comprised of semi-structured interviews with young people in two different care settings – re-education centres and children’s homes. The results showed that the sample of 34 young people had experienced 73 adversities prior to leaving residential care and that half of them were not able to resolve some of these adversities. It was found that methods for dealing with adversity change during time spent in care and that a combination of various individual strategies, adaptation and accepting support are effective. The findings also indicate that the development of resilience may vary according to type of residential care setting specifically, whether these facilities allow the development of multiple individual strategies for dealing with adversities, or whether they provide social support. The article discusses implications for future research and practice in residential care.     

The Value Orientations of Today's Young People

An analysis of the main tendencies in the development of engineering and technical education in Russia during the last 100 years shows that earlier strengths have been lost, and that currently technical education in Russia is far behind modern world standards.