INSTRUMENTS OF STATE YOUTH POLICY AS AN INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ELITE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL AND THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF CONCEPTS

Authors

  • A. S. Balkarova Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17308/history/1995-5480/2026/2/32-35

Keywords:

state youth policy, political elite, institutional environment, elite renewal, recruitment

Abstract

Тhis paper examines state youth policy as an institutional environment within which the prerequisites for the renewal of the political and administrative elite in contemporary Russia are formed. The study substantiates the need to move beyond predominantly normative and declarative approaches toward an analysis of mediating mechanisms through which youth policy may be related to personnel processes in public administration. A conceptual model is proposed that identifies selection, socialization, training, and networking mechanisms, along with a system of operationalized indicators of elite renewal suitable for empirical analysis and comparative research.

Author Biography

  • A. S. Balkarova, Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov

    Post-graduate Student of the Department of Sociology and Psychology of Politics, Faculty of Political Science

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Published

2026-04-06

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