civic identity

Modern Russian politics is characterized by the strengthening of the role of its regional level and the need to search for new indicators that reflect the quality of regional governance and social development prospects. In this context, a signifi cant object of analysis is youth as the most dynamic and sensitive to socio-political changes population group. The article analyzes the current state of regional identity of young people and argues for the possibility and need to take this state into account in assessments of the eff ectiveness of regional policy.

The paper is concerned with specificity of the socio-cultural integration as a tool for resolving ethno-political identity-based conflicts in the North Caucasus. The author considers the principle factors of the identity-based conflicts and emphasizes destabilizing role of the politicization of ethnicity. Among the systemic conditions of the regional identity-based conflicts escalation, the author calls: civic identity crisis, traditionalization, ethnic tensions.

The mechanism of the person’s civil identity formation as a whole comprises, among other things, a patriotic component. The aspect of patriotic education of the young generation in the light of the global situation aggravation in the geopolitical arena acquires a special meaning. Besides, many recent investigations emphasized the need of transforming the new generation’s civil-patriotic education system.