Youth Work and Cultural Socialization of "KZ Generation"

Relevance of article is caused by need of studying of a problem of the young Kazakhstan citizens cultural socialization through a prism of the author's concept of youth work and the sociological theory of generations. The purpose of article consists in scientific polemic with foreign authors in an assessment of values and a way of life of the younger Kazakhstani generation, places and roles of youth work in socialization of socially active and responsible youth. The author based on the secondary analysis of sociological data analyzes features of cultural socialization and identification of "KZ generation" which is formed by two generational groups: "mellenials" and "centenials". In article, it is offered to consider features of the young Kazakhstan citizens’s sociocultural identification and socialization of through a prism of the author's concept of youth work. The revealed hierarchy of cultural practice allows to consider youth work as a special form of sociocultural animation, a field of the younger generation cultural self-realization, investment into the humanistic potential of the future. Processes of reformatting the modern youth cultural practice open new prospects of youth activity and self-expression.