Izvestia of Saratov University. Politology. 2022. Т. 22, iss. 2 File downloaded: 109 times.The number of page views: 393 222022№2Date of publication: 31 May 2022 year.Full Text (PDF): sociologiya_2022_2.pdf Content Scientific section. Sociology Velikiy P. P., Zaikin A. V. Rural self-employment: Methodical approaches to measurement and analysis 124 Retinskaya V. N., Murzina I. A. Modern social technologies of constructing the state identity of youth: The potential of figurative and symbolic information 132 Lebedeva L. G. The role of mass media in the socialization of personality and generations (on the basis of sociological materials) 139 Pashinina E. I., Babayan I. V., Lubimova A. D. Values of Russian youth in the social and ethno-cultural context (On the example of the focus groups in the Saratov and Samara regions) 145 Cherevichko Т. V. Diaspora as an institutional structure of modern society 155 Temaev Т. V., Synkina O. P., Hachaturyan A. K. Social services for senior citizens: The view of service recipients 160 Besschetnova O. V., Fomina S. N. Divorce in the post-Covid period: Causes and consequences 166 Fadeev A. Y. Mystical religion and the sources of occultism in the research of Colin Campbell 173 Nemeryuk E. Е., Vlasov T. S. The concept of social stratification in modern sociology 181 A Word to Young Sociological Scientists Nikiforov G. Y. Sociological conceptualization of patriotism from the perspective of studying the effectiveness of youth policy 185 Scientific section. Politology Shestov N. I. The “left” future of Russia: Reflections of party theorists and the electorate 189 Golovchenko V. I. Ideologies or technologies: On the issue of interpretations of political parties’ functionality in modern Russia 199 Gorbachev M. V., Bronnikov I. A., Geraskin I. I. Communication channels of protesters in the context of digital globalization: National specifics and opportunities for cross-country functioning 206 Sharapov A. V. Social and political activity of Kemerovo region youth in 2000–2010 215 Bogdanov A. V. To the issue of evaluating the effectiveness of gaming technologies within the formation of political culture of youth in modern Russia 221 Burganova I. N. Political aspects of the integration of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Eurasian Economic Union projects for the Russian Federation 226 A Word to Young Politological Scientists Khuazhev A. A. Technological means of analyzing image-forming political media texts: Possibilities and limitations 232 Trushin M. S. America’s left turn: A new generation of socialists 237