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Recently, the public discourse on the search for opportunities and sources of development of small territories has been updated. A significant role is assigned to young people involved in various practices of socio-political participation and solving urgent social problems. The aim of the work was to highlight the features of civic participation of young people in small territories, which can and should be considered for effective interaction between authorities and civil society institutions. Empirical data were collected through a questionnaire survey of the youth of the Sverdlovsk region aged 14-35 years, conducted in October 2022 (n = 2500 people). In the study, a subset of young people from small territories (1,091 people) was compared with the youth of a large city (784 people). Descriptive analysis methods and nonparametric tests were used for the analysis. The results showed that young people from small towns and rural settlements show less interest in politics, but at the same time, they are more involved in the problems of local communities, feel more responsible for what is happening in their hometown, compared to the young residents of a large city, and are also more optimistic in assessing their capabilities. Considering similar forms of civic participation, young people from small territories demonstrate greater activity and willingness to do something for their hometown, and its residents; they also have a higher involvement in patriotic actions. The youth of large cities and small territories differ in the ways they participate in voluntary activities, as the latter prefers collective rather than individual forms of participation. The problem of distrust of young people of small towns and rural settlements towards non-profit organizations with a higher level of interpersonal and institutional trust is outlined. The obtained results contribute to the understanding of the problems and possibilities of using the youth resource for the development of small territories.
Recently, the public discourse on the search for opportunities and sources of development of small territories has been updated. A significant role is assigned to young people involved in various practices of socio-political participation and solving urgent social problems. The aim of the work was to highlight the features of civic participation of young people in small territories, which can and should be considered for effective interaction between authorities and civil society institutions. Empirical data were collected through a questionnaire survey of the youth of the Sverdlovsk region aged 14-35 years, conducted in October 2022 (n = 2500 people). In the study, a subset of young people from small territories (1,091 people) was compared with the youth of a large city (784 people). Descriptive analysis methods and nonparametric tests were used for the analysis. The results showed that young people from small towns and rural settlements show less interest in politics, but at the same time, they are more involved in the problems of local communities, feel more responsible for what is happening in their hometown, compared to the young residents of a large city, and are also more optimistic in assessing their capabilities. Considering similar forms of civic participation, young people from small territories demonstrate greater activity and willingness to do something for their hometown, and its residents; they also have a higher involvement in patriotic actions. The youth of large cities and small territories differ in the ways they participate in voluntary activities, as the latter prefers collective rather than individual forms of participation. The problem of distrust of young people of small towns and rural settlements towards non-profit organizations with a higher level of interpersonal and institutional trust is outlined. The obtained results contribute to the understanding of the problems and possibilities of using the youth resource for the development of small territories.
Civil participation of the population in Kazakhstan is considered one of the most important factors in the development of local government system, while the actual level of participation remains at a low level. The forms of manifestation of civil and social participation of the population in the realization of citizens’ rights to governance are limited, and social passivity is a characteristic feature for residents of local regions. The relevance of the research work is determined by the need to activate the civil participation of the population in the activities of Local Self-Government Bodies in Turkestan as a typical representative of a small urban district. The primary purpose of the research work is to find and substantiate ways to activate the civil participation of the population in the activities of Local Self-Government Bodies in Turkestan. Research methods such as Descriptive analytics (Nearest Neighbor Analysis), Diagnostic analytics (Pearson’s R - Spearman Correlation) and Predictive analytics (Neural Networks - Multilayer Perceptron) were used. Statistical and Analytical research was carried out using SPSS and R statistics software. A sociological survey was conducted among residents of Turkestan, and other materials were collected from such sources as the results of structural appeals of citizens to the administration of Turkestan and the results of the activities of the administration of Turkestan in the field of working with citizens’ appeals. As a result, the main causes of problems of civil activity of the population in Turkestan were identified and the “Solution Tree” method was used to solve the main problems in this region.
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