Protection of the youth interests in social conflicts: Potential of social institutions

Abstract

The problem of involvement of the main social institutions in implementation and protection of the youth interests in social conflicts has been analyzed. At that, the social institutions are thought of as the conventionally accepted group behaviour rules, which structure the social interactions in the sociocultural environment. It has been indicated that the ability of social institutions to implement and protect the youth interests in social conflicts is determined by their juvenile potential, representing the willingness and ability of the social institution to adequately reflect the nature of the youth interests in the minds of their representatives; to understand the way to create conditions for implementation thereof without detracting from the interests of the other social groups and society as a whole; to set the conditions and mechanisms for the protection of the youth interests in the event of hazards or threats. The juvenile potential structure, including cognitive, informational, motivational, axiological and praxeological elements, has been considered. The state of these elements has been empirically assessed as of the main social institutions in Russia.