Ideas about the future of the country among students of the North Caucasus: analysis of conflict-related trends

Abstract

The article presents the results of an empirical study of the peculiarities of the ideas about the future of the country among the students of the North Caucasus region in the aspect of their conflictogenicity. Data collection and analysis was carried out in 5 blocks: plans for the future after graduation from the university or SVO; assessment of the possibility of emigration due to the peculiarities of the social, political, economic situation of the country in the foreseeable future and its causes; assessment of the availability of social benefits after graduation / SVO; images of fairy-tale characters with which the future of Russia is associated; the form of government associated with the future of Russia in the personal view of students of the NCFD. In the ideas about the future of the country, the students of the North Caucasus have identified conflict-prone tendencies, taking into account the region of residence (Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Stavropol Territory): some dissatisfaction with the education received; polar positions on intentions to emigrate in the future; the presence of negative assessments of the availability of social benefits in the future; polar ideas about the forms of government (presidential or parliamentary) with which the future of Russia is connected; the presence of projective images of the future of the country, reflecting both revival, stability, security, and aggression, cunning, totalitarianism.