Youth Social Deviation in the Process of Reforms in Uzbekistan

Abstract

The article presents a sociological analysis of the impact of reforms in modern Uzbekistan on the deviant behaviour of young people. Even though economic reforms always have a material reflection, it makes sense to describe the transformation processes of people's behaviour under the influence of reforms. Just as individualism is approved in the West, the collective value of society is recognised in the East; established traditions play a fundamental role in shaping the behaviour of citizens. But the death of I.A. Karimov in 2016, who ruled the country for many years, and the moderately liberal reforms of his successor, Sh.M. Mirziyoyev, began to expand freedom of thought and thinking in the minds of young people. As a result, the system of education that forcibly formed subordination to discipline became moderate and manifested itself in the form of uncontrolled jokes, which can be described as a prelude to deviation among young people. The transition of mechanisms of influence on young people in the transformation process from a challenging course to a softer one has expanded the audience of the deviant layer. In the case of Uzbekistan, globalisation is not the main factor of immorality, but it is the cause of marginalisation and social exclusion.