Delinquent Youth Subcultures in Russia: Theoretical Research Experience
Journal: Bulletin of Kemerovo State University Series Political Sociological and Economic sciences
Year: 2024

Social disorganization triggers the development of subcultures, both positive and negative. As part of innovative adaptation, a person or a group may update certain sets of values, thus offering an alternative solution to some existing contradictions. Destructive socio-cultural associations, on the contrary, revise and oppose the generally recognized and accepted values, which leads to protest activity and what Peter Berger defined as anti-societies. The article describes the current diversity o