Ethnic, Social and Political Attitudes Among Youth in Post- Soviet Societies

这是一项对前苏联十个加盟共和国青年的种族、社会和政治态度的研究。它将调查学校的概率样本框架，以评估青年目前的态度和状况，并设计今后关于社会变革和政策对这部分社会的影响的研究。涵盖的主题将包括：群体认同的力量，对其他国籍的态度，对国籍问题的政策偏好，一般的政治态度，以及对英联邦的态度。社会变迁与族群关系一直是社会学研究的中心议题之一，因此本研究将为检验许多社会科学假设提供重要的新数据基础。这一研究将有助于我们理解前苏联发生的巨大变化，并有助于学者和决策者理解这些新独立国家之间发生的内部冲突和国际关系。

This is a study of ethnic, social and political attitudes among youth in ten former republics of the Soviet Union. It will survey a probability sample frame of schools to assess the current attitudes and conditions of youth and to design future studies of social change and policy impact on this segment of society. Topics covered will include: strength of group identities, attitudes toward other nationalities, policy preferences on nationality issues, general political attitudes, and attitudes toward the commonwealth. Social change and ethnic relations have long been among the central topics for sociology, and thus this study will provide a substantial new data base for testing many social-scientific hypotheses. This research will contribute greatly to our understanding of the tremendous changes happening in the former Soviet Union, and it will help scholars and policy makers comprehend the internal conflicts and international relations occurring among these newly independent states.