POLITICAL PORTRAIT OF KAZAKHSTAN YOUTH: SYMBIOSIS OF EDUCATION AND CONTEMPORARY REALITIES

Youth of Kazakhstan is the same age as the independence, children of socioeconomic and political reforms. Their socialization occurred under the influence of divergent ideas and patterns of behavior. The famous Polish sociologist W. Adamski, defining 90s as a period of "selective acceptance of capitalism" notes that the accelerated modernization of social systems is largely determined by the age factor. Young age is a project of a long-term social action. Institutional changes in the spheres of politics, economy, education and culture in the last decade proved decisive prerequisites for changes in the political profile of today's youth in Kazakhstan. The study of the social and political position of youth allows us to interpret their social actions, to predict future behavior and reaction to political decisions. A significant determinant of the features political participation of young people is the belief in its effectiveness, confidence in the real possibility to influence the decisions made by the authorities, the notion of the democratic character of social order. Evaluation of new social phenomena by young people, the expression of themselves as an active subject and their critical evaluation of social and political institutions determine the direction and vector of further development of the country. This article presents an analysis of the following issues: young people's attitudes to politics, sources of information received on the policy, the impact of education level on political activity. This article was prepared on the basis of the results of a sociological survey conducted in 2015. The research methodology, methods of interviewing and application tools are comparable qualitatively and quantitatively: sample population in the study was 1,500 respondents from 14 regions from 14 to 29 years: regional centers, as well as big cities as Astana and Almaty. The sample population is two-staged quota sampling. On the interpretation stage, correlations in relation to gender, age, ethnicity, education level, socio-professional affiliation, type of settlement, region, income level of the respondents were conducted.