Essence and criteria of technologies for constructivizing youth participation in the electoral process

Abstract

The article formulated the “technologies for constructivizing youth in the electoral process” concept as socio-political practical-oriented methods and techniques of purposeful stimulating influence on the political consciousness and electoral behavior of youth, aimed at developing the mentality and behavior of a celerational voter capable of scaling in the conditions of modern statehood. The essential criteria of technologies for constructivizing the electoral participation of young people are given and investigated, such as: goal-setting, socio-political nature of genesis, orientation to education, enlightment, mentoring; the possibility of conscious choice by young people of their position; focus on the goal of sustainable development of the young person's personality; compliance with the basic principles of social engineering; possibility of evaluation from the standpoint of efficiency, effectiveness and influence as measures to counter the development of “tough”, propaganda technologies for zombying young people, it was recommended to direct the efforts of domestic political scientists in the direction of justifying the development of practical civil law competencies of young people, promoting the formation of a competent, patriotic, responsible, active and constructive participant in the electoral process, the development of expert and analytical skills of a purposeful rational voter in the youth environment. For this, it is recommended to give priority attention to “soft” technologies of an educational, up-bringing, interactive nature, the implementation of which should be carried out in the mode of subject-subject interaction. It is recommended to study the international and Russian experience in generating and using technologies to stimulate civil and electoral activity of adolescents and youth in order to compile a database of positive and negative experiences in the use of such technologies. It is advisable to develop a methodology and methods for assessing technologies to work with young people for their productivity, effectiveness, and impact assessment. The key factors in the development and expansion of such technologies should be both government agencies and NGOs, as well as informal activists.