title: SOCIOCULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION OF RUSSIAN YOUTH: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL GROUNDS
abstract: The article attempts to analyze the theoretical and methodological foundations of stratification in relation to the socio-cultural differentiation of Russian youth. The study is based on G. Spencer's theory of differentiation and P. Sorokin's classical theory of stratification. Specific criteria for the differentiation of youth as a social group are considered. The authors come to the conclusion that the Russian youth is more differentiated than integrated, because the differentiating factors of
journal: STATE AND MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT SCHOLAR NOTES