Contents Civil society, social change, and a new popular education Values in Russian education Educational strategies of the affluent and of the poor The social and personal benefits of literacy and learning Professional education, training, and privatization Youth at risk: do sport and physical recreation help? Social capital and the survival of rural Russia Religion, the state, and civil society Migration, ethnicity, and Russian nationhood  

The preferences of Russians: % Attitude to changes I like changes and live in a changing society 52 All the changes are for the worse 47 Attitude to initiative The main thing is initiative, enterprise, searching for a new way 56 The main thing is submission to established customs, traditions 44 Attitude to responsibility My life is determined to a great extent by my own efforts 54 My life is determined to a great extent by external circumstances 46 Attitude to freedom Freedom is the opportunity to be your own master 57 Human freedom is realized in existing rights and freedoms 42

Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by age, %

Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by education, %

Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by economic conditions , %

Russians’ attitude to personal responsibility by type of settlement , %

Two Russias – Different attitudes to responsibility

What do Russians need to learn ? Know our social and labour rights Formulate our opinion Convince, not insult our opponents Interact, not conflict Achieve multicultural literacy Develop the capacity of neighborhood and local communities Be active to understand the diversity of the world and make the best choice Realize and be responsible for our choice

How May This Be Done in Russia? Through the organic development of Russian civil society Based on autonomous citizens’ organizations and associations of all types. Through the practice of informal learning and non-formal education in this civil society i.e. A new popular education. Political participation means more than voting.

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