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The Experience of Youth Participation in Election Campaigns and Its Impact on the Civic Position
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The Experience of Youth Participation in Election Campaigns and Its Impact on the Civic Position
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S013216250016778-8-
DOI
10.31857/S013216250016778-8
Publication type
Article
Status
Published
Authors
Svetlana Y. Barsukova 
Affiliation: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Arseniy V. Zvyagintsev
Affiliation: Lyceum 1535
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Lidiya S. Laptieva
Affiliation: Lyceum 1535
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Edition
Issue 8
Pages
212-220
Abstract

The statement about low electoral activity of young people is among the empirically proven ones. However, voting (or not voting) is not the only way for young people to participate in the electoral process. Election campaigns are a space of activity with a variety of functional positions that differ in qualification requirements and the size of payment. In this article, election campaigns are considered not from the standpoint of ideology, but as organizational formats to involve young people in activities related to the election campaigning in the Russian Federation. The article discusses the activities of young people as street agitators (traditionally called volunteers), organizers of the work in election headquarters, public observers or members of precinct election commissions. The article consistently answers the questions: what are the channels for mobilization young people in election campaigns? What is motivating young people? What forms of activity do carriers of differing motivations choose? How do young people summarize their experience of participating in election campaigns in terms of their political and career self-determination? The answers to these questions were obtained on the basis of interviews with persons under 28 who had experience of participating in election campaigns in the Russian Federation.

Keywords
political volunteerism, election campaigns, political technologies, motives for participation in election campaigns, forms of youth participation in election campaigns
Acknowledgment
This article is a translation of: Барсукова С.Ю., Звягинцев А.В., Лаптиева Л.С. Опыт участия молодежи в избирательных кампаниях и его влияние на гражданскую позицию // Sotsiologicheskie Issledovaniia. 2021. No 7: 90–100. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250015537-3
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20.09.2021
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27.09.2021
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