Abstract:
Today Russia in in conditions of modernization process that assigns a special role to capacity of society to self-organization and self-regulation, that leads to high level of socialpolitical activity of all social strata of population. Respectively, especial actuality in this situation is achieved by study of political orientations of youth, and in particular - student youth as more informed and intellectual swath of society. In this case a student youth is determined not so much by age characteristics as by socially-psychological and creative ability of way of thoughts. Namely studentship became a major sources of formation of world view not only of youth, but also of other social groups, In article are shown and interpreted data of sociological research conducted by chair of public relations and engineering political science of Kazan (Privolzhskii) federal university in the Republic of Tatarstan in 2014, dedicated to social general state of student youth. The conclusion is made about political apathy of modern studentship, although is specified that this situations has no total nature. Interest of youth in political events and also capacity to estimate a formed political situation is noted, At this is acknowledged that, in spite of possibility of active participation in political process, student youth is obviously limiting its political activity.
