Transformation of the Russian volunteer in the conditions of social challenges

Abstract

Background. The active participation of the volunteer movement in the life of society led to an increase in the role of volunteering in the life of society, determined the vector of stabilization of public well-being in the crisis conditions of the development of society. The purpose of the research is to study the transformational processes in Russian volunteering, as well as to analyze the factors that determined their direction. Materials and methods. The implementation of the purpose was achieved on the basis of the classical research methodology: the method of scientific analysis, scientific information retrieval, systematization of research data, as well as in the process of conducting sociological research in the form of a mass survey in 2022 (n = 500). Results. As a result of the study, the assumption about the activation of the volunteer movement in Russia under the influence of factors of socio-economic turbulence was confirmed. The dominant factors of influence on volunteering were identified, and also ranked by gender and age differences of respondents. The opinion of the respondents regarding the formation of a favorable state-political and moral-ideological environment for the development of volunteering was also analyzed. Conclusions. In the context of the destabilization of Russian society, the institution of volunteering takes on the function of enhancing its activities in the face of social challenges and threats. The formation of an institutional environment for the favorable development of volunteering depends both on successful state policy and the formation of a sufficiently mature socio-cultural environment of Russian society.

Keywords

• volunteering
• transformation
• social challenges and threats