Социология молодежи

50values of the Soviet era. It turns out that the value imbalance of gen-erations by its appearance is due to the development of productive social forces, the isolation on this basis of economic activity as a part of life activity as such, and the economic entity in the space of other subjects of activity activity; consequently, it is associated with the emergence of special value worlds, with the complication and special-ization of these worlds as their activity basis becomes more complex and specialized, as well as new types of activity with their own value orientations.Modern researchers (specialists headed by N. I. Lapin) believe that in Russia with regard to economic and socio-political processes “values take on the functions of attractors (like built-in magnets), some of which keep society in the vicinity of the chaotic region, while others draw him from this dangerous zone into the orbit of a steady move-ment towards a new socio-cultural balance”. The following economic factors that influence the value orientations of young people in our society are highlighted in these studies: wealth, useful links, etc. Wealth, as the main factor of progress in life, in relation to the identi-fied age groups of young people, is most significant for the younger age group (14-17 years) — 31.7%, least of all — for 27-30-year-olds — 11.3%. Most of all, young people aged 14-17 years — 34.1% and 18-22 years — 34.8% would most like to benefit society; less than 27-30 years — 13.6% [64, p. 401].Somewhat less valuable for young people are the values inherent in the middle and older generations — perseverance and perseverance, professionalism, teamwork, skill and self-improvement. The presented data, most likely, indicate that young people have not yet sufficiently turned to recognize the moral component of market relations, the spir-itual foundations of the economic life of Russian society.I. M. Chistyakov in the study “The...