Youth in Putin's Russia

Elena Omelchenko is Director of the Centre for Youth Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, Russia. She has authored and co-authored seventeen monographs on globalization of youth cultures, ethnic and religious identities of youth, drug (ab)use cultures, the body and sexuality, xenophobia, and migrant youth. Currently, she is working on developing the concepts of ‘solidarity’ and ‘cultural youth scene’ for the study of cultural practices of Russian youth.

• 1. Twenty-Five Years of Youth Studies: Global Names - Local Trends.- 2. The Value Profiles and Value Vectors of Russian Youth.- 3. Understanding the Gender Dimensions of Youth Cultural Scenes: A Youth Ethnography.- 4. Citizenship and Social Engagement of Youth in the Putin Era.- 5. Constructing the Meanings of Second World War Search Work in Russia: 'Patriotism' from the Perspective of the Authorities and Search Expeditions Participants.- 6. 'Threat', 'Protection,' 'Traditional Values,' and 'Patriotism': Russian Authorities' Discourse on Youth.- 7. Youth of Russia and Religion.- 8. Youth of Elista and Ulan-Ude: Ethno-Religious Dimensions of Everyday Life.- 9. Russian Youth in the Labour Market: Work Attitudes, Career Paths and Regional Disparities.- 10. Young Single Mothers in the Labour Market: Barriers and Exclusions.- 11. Through Living the Crisis over to New Forms of Solidarities.