Vision of the power of young people: dynamics of power perception and assessment by students - the future state and municipal employees

The article presents main results of the research of young people's attitudes to the authorities in modern Russia. They are identified in the content analysis of the essay «Power in Russia: past, present, future» written by the first year students of Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin in 2013 and 2015 years (the specialty «State and municipal management»). A study of the attitude of youth to power, according to the authors, is important in the analysis of the formation of youth as an active political entity in the ongoing revival of the processes of radicalism and extremism, the spread of nationalist, pro-fascist and Islamist terrorist organizations, which are gaining in popularity among young people. This study has practical significance in the preparation of future state and municipal employees, political scientists in conditions of reforming civil service in Russia.