Subjective Boundaries and Solidarity of the Modern Russian Working Class

Relevance. In accordance with world-spread practice, the formation of a new working class and its separation in the social structure should be associated with both objective socio-economic parameters and subjective symbolic aspects, the most important of which are class identity and solidarity. Today, there remains a gap in the axioms of Russian and foreign sociology in the study of social inequality problems, which necessitates focusing attention on the symbolic aspects of class differentiation in Russian realities.
Purpose. The article is aimed at the conceptualization and empirical analysis of the factors that determine the working-class youth position and boundaries in modern Russia.
Objectives: to analyze the current discourse of class differentiation, to propose the author's definition of the new working class and basic criteria for determining the boundaries of this community, to study the subjective parameters of class formation on the empirical example of young people of the new working class in modern Russia.
Methodology. The empirical basis of the study was a mass survey of 1534 representatives of young people of the new working class and 100 experts from among their leaders and teachers. The research was carried out on the territory of the Ural Federal District.
Results. The new working class includes not only representatives of industrial production, transport, construction and maintenance, but also employees of service industries who perform routine work and do not have managerial functions at the enterprise.
Conclusions. In the course of the polls, it was revealed that the majority of young people are satisfied with relationships in the immediate work environment and see signs of solidarity, support and mutual assistance among their colleagues. However, empirical evidence suggests that working-class youth do not rely on class solidarity to solve problems and defend their interests in labor relations.

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