Academic journal “Political Science Issues”. Issue 3 (19), 2015.
CONTENTS
POLICY AND LAW
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES
POLITICAL STABILITY AND ETHNIC POLICY
AUTHORIZED TRAINING COURSES
POLICY AND LAW
A.A. BORISENKOV Doctor of Philosophy, Consulting & Method Center of State University of Management expert, Russia, Moscow
VIEWS ON THE SOCIAL POWER (by materials of the modern Russian Constitution)
The article is an analysis of the views on the Social Power and on its kinds and its place in the State and the Social, those views, witch the modern Russian Constitution contains. The research novelty consists in a the Social Power conception definition, explaining its essence, and also in an aspiration to set up different the Social Power division paradigm, that Social Power division, witch takes place in the State system.
Key words: social power, State power, political power, democracy, State superstructure.
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES
V.V. GAIDUK PhD (political science), Head of department of political science of Bashkir State University, Russia, Ufa
A.S. LUKYANTSEV Head of Youth department of Russian society of political science in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, Ufa
INFORMATIONAL AGENDA IN A REGIONAL POLITICAL PROCESS: FROM THE FIRST STEP TO THE STEADY LEADERSHIP
Modern communication support of public policy is a special phenomenon, which is intended to form a citizens' requests for certain political decisions taken by power-management device. In this regard, there is an urgent need for public monitoring of information flows emanating from public authorities and accepted by them.
This article discusses the main trends and approaches that govern requests for information from both the government and citizens, acting both subjects and objects of policy. Consideration of such circumstances particularly significant in the context of political regionalism, so the empirical basis for the study was the Republic of Bashkortostan, namely speech of the Head of the Republic of R. Khamitov in 2015 on the most important socio-political and scientific forums and interviews.
Key words: information policy, political regionalism and ethnic policy, ethnic and inter-confessional relations, image, political leader.
A.A. SHAIKHUTDINOVA working for a PhD degree at the Chair of politology, philosophy and sociology of the Bashkir Academy of Public Service and Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, Ufa
POLITICAL DISCOURSE ON CIVIL SOCIETY: COMMUNICATIONS AND MODERNIZATION
Political discourse is a meaningful phenomenon in political science that determines peculiarities of practical activities. Within the topic of a civil society, the issue of building a communicational interaction and political modernization is the most topical one, as such components reflect the overall development of the institute of civil self-government.
The article reflects basic theoretical concepts that justify the development and functioning of a civil society in the framework of communication and interaction between the foundations of political modernization in contemporary Russia.
Key words: civil society, political discourse, political sciences, social institutions, political modernization, communicational impact, political theory.
V.M. SAZANOV Ph.D. (Technical Sciences), Russia, Moscow
POTENTIAL PUBLIC SOCIAL-NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES
Social-networking technologies, as part of the communication capabilities of the Internet, considered from the standpoint of social development, categories of the public good, the public sphere, the Markov model of the formation of public opinion, humanistic values and building a metaideology.
Key words: modernization of society and social networks, the public good, the public sphere, the intellectual center of strategic, value system, metaideology.
POLITICAL STABILITY AND ETHNIC POLICY
V.V. GAYDUK Doctor of political sciences, Professor, Head of Department of politology and history, Bashkir State University, Russia, Ufa
INTERRELATION BETWEEN AUTHORITIES AND ETNO-ELITS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REPUBLICS: CONFLICT OR CONSENSUS
While recruiting elites to the regional bodies of power, problems may arise with the perception by the local elite of certain political leaders. This is especially true for the national subjects of the Russian Federation – national Republics. The article discusses the main issues relating to the development of relations between political leaders of a given republic within the Russian Federation with the regional elite, representing interest groups, taking the Republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan as an example.
The topic disclosed in the article is very important for the whole of the Russian Federation, as a multiethnic and multi-religious state. Any problem that relates to one of the subjects within the Russian Federation may also affect the life foundations of another subject. In this regard, we believe the article to highlight an important aspect of the suggested topic.
Key words: political science, political regionalism, ethnic policy, national relations, federal relations, etno-elits, political conflict, political consensus, political leaders, elite recruitment, leadership, interest groups, pressure groups, ethnic, multi-ethnicity, national republics.
AUTHORIZED TRAINING COURSES
Yu.A. NISNEVICH D.Sc. (political science), Professor of Higher School of Economics, National Research University, and of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russia, Moscow
AUTHOR'S PROGRAM OF THE EDUCATIONAL COURSE "AUDIT OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF RUSSIA"
The aim of the above course is to give students the necessary knowledge about the issues of the modern political process in Russia, to teach them how to analyze and evaluate current political developments from the scientific and practical points of view. As a result of studying the above course, students should learn the main issues of political process in Russia, the causes and conditions of their occurrence and the methodology of situational analysis of political events and processes; they should be able to apply the above knowledge for the sake of political analysis, for analyzing political and public organizations, political processes and events, for identifying their system-wide bases and evaluating their possible effects. Such knowledge is needed for practical work of leaders and organizers of political and public organizations, political analysts and political analysts of any profile. The program of the course is designed for students seeking bachelor and master degrees at the university departments of political science.
Key words: political system, political process, audit of the political system, electoral system, political parties, legislative and executive power, mechanisms of functioning of the political system, interaction between the authorities and society, "a vertical of power".