"Youth is a wreath on the head of wildflowers": points of reference and constructs of Soviet youth

Authors:

S. Mitrofanova

Year:

2014

Number of pages:

10

Category:

Information-analytical materials

Topic:

Youth policy

Document type:

Article

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Codes, № and date:

УДК 316

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This article examines the issue of constructing youth by informants of different generations in Soviet society, identifying points of reference and constructs of Soviet youth by analysing the texts of biographical interviews. The methodological basis of this paper is the constructivist approach of P. Berger and T. Lukman as well as the ideas of social time of E. Giddens and V. Ilyin.

Keywords:

sociological survey, opinion poll, studying youth, income-earning youths, sociology