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Academic journal “Political Science Issues”. Issue 4 (16), 2014

CONTENTS

JUBILEE GREETINGS

POLITICAL CULTURE

• Borisenkov A.A. Political Culture: the Essence, Kinds and the Law

PARLIAMENTARISM AND ELECTORAL PROCESS

• Chernyshov S.I., Amiantov A.A. Topical Issues of Parliamentary Control in Modern Russia
• Geleranskiy P.S. The Electoral Reform in the Framework of the Federal Reform
• Аbbasov V.O. Media Coverage of the Electoral Process
• Sutthisangiam Sorrakom Peculiarities of formation of the party system in Thailand

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

• Trunov I.L. Socio-Political Necessity to Reform the Advocacy in Russia
• Gayduk V.V., Lukjantsev A.S. Political Mediation as a New Political Technology
• Мyasoedova V.A. Evolution of the Russian Elite in the Post-Soviet Period
• Parfenova S.R. The Institute of Government Responsibility in Federal Russia
• Golovko Yu.M. Participation of the Youth Leaders in the State Politics in Post-Soviet Russia

POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS AND ETHNO-POLITICS

• Rumyantzeva A.A. Cluster Projects in Vocational Education with the Account for the Needs of the Region
• Mordvinova I.N. Formation of Tolerant Consciousness of Today's Youth

PRACTICE FOR FUTURE POLITOLOGISTS. FROM THE RUDN EXPERIENCE

• Medvedeva V.K., Sаulyak V.E. Internship Program for students in political science working for the bachelor's degree on the basis of the National Union of Politologists

Our authors № 4-2014

POLITICAL CULTURE

A.A. BORISENKOV Doctor of Philosophy, State Management University Russia, Moscow

POLITICAL CULTURE: THE ESSENCE, KINDS AND THE LAW

The essence of political culture is explained. Ways of the political culture interpretation are analyzed. Research novelty consists in substantiation of thesis, that the political culture is a special way of the political existence; this way consists in management decision making rules. The political culture existence law is formulated.

Key words: politics, political activity, political culture, political technology, democratic political culture, authoritarian political culture.

PARLIAMENTARISM AND ELECTORAL PROCESS

S.I. CHERNYSHOV PhD (Political sciences), Professor of the Department of political sciences of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Russia, Moscow

A.A. AMIANTOV PhD (Political sciences), assistant Professor of the Department of political sciences of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Russia, Moscow

TOPICAL ISSUES OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL IN MODERN RUSSIA

Deterioration of the world political situation and the anti-Russian policy being waged by the US and its European allies result in an inevitable reduction of the field of democratic transformation and the slowdown of the process of reformation of the political system in our country. In this situation, preservation of the main institutions of the young Russian democracy becomes specially significant. One of such institutions is a control system by the representative power of the executive authority that always and everywhere uses internal and external challenges for strengthening its powers and weakening control on the part of other two branches.

Key words: the separation of powers, interaction, institute, functions, mechanisms of parliamentary control, Russian Federation.

P.S. GELERANSKIY PhD (political science), doctoral candidate at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow

THE ELECTORAL REFORM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FEDERAL REFORM

Considering the elections as an essential component of federal relations, the author analyzes the electoral law. It is hold idea that the election - is the core mechanism of change and development of federal relations and the main form of political people's will in the region as a source of regional governments. Then it is a brief analysis of the regional elections transformation various stages in post-Soviet Russia, and assess their impact on the development of federative relations. The author examines in detail the regional elections as a factor shaping the regional political elite and seeks to identify trends of The Electoral Institute in Russia.

Key words: the Electoral Institute, the role of The Electoral Institute, federal relations, civil society and political system.

V.О. АBBASOV Chairman of the Presidium of the Guild of Russian defense lawyers in the Republic of Bashkortostan, honorary lawyer of Russia, working for a degree at the Department of National and Federative Relations of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Ufa

MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS

For many people, modern media are the main source of information. Often they are modeling the world picture in the minds of the citizens and create an information space in which the life of modern society is reflected. With their help, the ruling elite can set the direction of the thoughts and actions of people, or to stimulate their inaction, as the audience has no chance to check the broadcast information. The article explores the role of media in broadcasting political events and hidden management of electoral activities.

Key words: the electoral process, manipulation, media coverage, political mediation, electoral activities, election, candidate, voter, media.

SUTTHISANGIAM SORRAKOM post-graduate student, Department of Political Sciences, Russian Peoples' Friendship University, Thailand

PECULIARITIES OF FORMATION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM IN THAILAND

In the article, the author analyze the history and main features of the party system in Thailand. They examine the basic principles underlying the formation of political parties in Thailand.

Key words: the party system, political party, idea, principle, genesis, creation of the party, liquidation of the party, Thailand.

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

I.L. TRUNOV D.Sc. (law), Ph.D. (economics), Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, National President of the World Association of Lawyers, Russia, Moscow

SOCIO-POLITICAL NECESSITY TO REFORM THE ADVOCACY IN RUSSIA

This article analyzes the reform of the legal services market and the advocacy on the basis of the government "Justice" Program. The government "Justice" Program provides for the reform of the institute of advocacy. The program addresses the need to streamline the system of providing legal aid and reform the advocacy. It is planned to clear the legal services market from unscrupulous parties. The sub-program provides for the development of an effective mechanism permitting an exclusion of advocates from their profession. The reform of the advocacy is aimed to increase the advocats’ responsibility and competence in exchange for providing them with a guaranteed cost-attractive part of the legal services market. The program calls for a uniform advocat’s status for all those involved in the provision of legal advice and a switch to the advocats’ monopoly on court representation. Advocats’ monopoly will allow admitting only real professionals to the representation of the citizens’ interests. Scientists' opinions about the reform of the advocacy divided. The author analyzes the radical and humanitarian approaches to this issue. The author critically analyzes problems and proposals accumulated over the past 12 years that were aimed at reforming and improving the future of the united Russian advocacy, proceeding from the international experience and domestic mistakes and miscalculations. He also attempts to find the most acceptable option for reforming the institute of advocacy and makes his own recommendations. In addition, the article touches another, no less acute problem, the problem of corruption, noting that the legal profession is the driving mechanism of corruption, its central part and one of the most dangerous ones. The author analyzes the concept of the bill № 471327-6 "On the basics of social control in the Russian Federation". Summing up, the author notes that the advocacy’s independence from the power presumes very high professionalism and expertise on the part of the advocates, and above all, their self-control. Today, in the absence of advocates’ public self-control, this independence has become self-serving in impunity.

Key words: "Justice" Program, advocats’ monopoly, punishment for the advocate’s corruption, advocates’ public self-control, age limit for the advocates, government, power, society, efficiency.

V.V. GAYDUK D.Sc (political sciences), Ph.D. (law), professor, head of the chair of politology and history of the Bashkir State University, Russia, Ufa

A.S. LUKJANTSEV 3-rd year student, Department of political sciences and history, Bashkir State University, Head of the Youth section of the Russian Union of Politologists in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, Ufa

POLITICAL MEDIATION AS A NEW POLITICAL TECHNOLOGY

The study of mediation as a technology for the negotiation and settlement of interests and disputes, occupies a certain niche in law, but does not find its expression in political theory. However, mediation answers the needs of modern politics in understanding issues related to the comprehension of mediation mechanisms of interaction between the elite groups and allowing to move from confrontation to cooperation. The article considers mediation as a modern political technology for the coordination of interests of modern elites, government, communities and business structures.

Key words: political mediation, political elites, political technologies, political conflict, political consensus, power, state, society.

V.А. МYASOEDOVA PhD (economy), assistant professor, rector of the Institute of systems of economic governance and international law, working for the doctorate degree at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow

EVOLUTION OF THE RUSSIAN ELITE IN THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD

The article discusses the process of formation and transformation of the Russian elite in the post-Soviet period, describes the features of the elite groups, members of the Russian elite.

Key words: diaspora elites, regional elite, bureaucratic elite, formation of the elite, the intellectual elite, the intellectuals, the elite group.

S.R. PARFENOVA Assistant Professor of the Department of public law of the Institute of law of the Bashkir State University, Russia, Ufa

THE INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY IN FEDERAL RUSSIA

In the article, the author examines the convergence of private and public in the state and the problem of responsibility and consideres "negative" and "positive" responsibility from different perspectives. The author is looking for the levers, causing the accumulation in the public consciousness of self-governance behaviours. According to the author, the problem of finding a balance between the desire of citizens to unite and protection of private interest should be addressed at the local government level, where you can work out the mechanisms of public-liability.

Key words: dependent responsibility, individual freedom, social consciousness, democracy, lawful behavior, types of liability.

Yu.М. GOLOVKO PhD (history), working for the doctorate degree at the Department of national and federal relations of the Institute of state Service and management of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Ufa

PARTICIPATION OF THE YOUTH LEADERS IN THE STATE POLITICS IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA

The participation of the youth leaders in public policy should be accompanied by mandatory competency-based approach, securing the greatest likelihood that the projects and ideas proposed by the young people can be effective and beneficial for the entire community. The article reviews two sides of political participation: one is political practice permitting to test in real life political principles and practices at the municipal, regional and federal levels, the other is political theory and philosophy, based on which you can display theoretical constructions that define the fundamental vectors of development of political relations. Generally speaking, the author determines how effectively and rationally young leaders, interested in political events, can apply their knowledge and skills into practice.

Key words: public policy, youth leaders, personnel reserve, politology, youth policy, democracy, the Russian political system.

POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS AND ETHNO-POLITICS

А.А. RUMYANTZEVA Ph.D. (political science), Deputy Director on educational work of the State budgetary educational institution of secondary professional education Construction College No.30, Russia, Moscow

CLUSTER PROJECTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WITH THE ACCOUNT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE REGION

The article deals with the development of innovative environment and creation of educational clusters taking into account the needs of the region. The author proposes an algorithm for the formation of regional educational clusters.

Key words: educational cluster, network design educational and industrial complex, the effect of the intercluster interaction, the tools of public-private partnership.

I.N. MORDVINOVA post-graduate student at the National and Federative Relations Department of the Russian Academy of People’s Economy and Administrative Service under the Russian President, Russia, Moscow

FORMATION OF TOLERANT CONSCIOUSNESS OF TODAY'S YOUTH

The article examines the issues of the development of tolerance among youth as a factor of ethno-political stability of the region. The author reviews the contents of tolerant consciousness, the possibility of education in the formation of a tolerant environment taking into account the characteristics of the region. The author proposes a set of measures for the prevention of anti-social phenomena in the framework of an educational organization.

Key words: extremism, tolerance, intolerance, youth medium, ethnocentrism, ethnic phobias.

PRACTICE FOR FUTURE POLITOLOGISTS. FROM THE RUDN EXPERIENCE

V.К. МЕDVEDEVA Ph.D. (political sciences), assistant professor, at the Department of political sciences, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia, Moscow

V.Е. SАULYAK PhD (philosophy), assistant professor at the Department of political sciences, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia, Moscow

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

for students in political science working for the bachelor's degree on the basis of the National Union of Politologists

The author's program defines goals and objectives of practice for students in political science and core competencies, formed as a result of an internship at the National Union of Politologists.

Key words: political science, applied political science, political management, political technologies, political parties, political process, electoral systems, the election campaign.

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Academic journal “Political Science Issues”. Issue 3 (15), 2014

CONTENTS

PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA IS 55

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

• Karadzhe T.V. Political culture as a system: its content, structure and principles of operation
• Ochertyaniy A.A. Politology: how and what it Studies? (methodological aspects)
• Irkhin Yu.V. Political education and moral training in Tsarskoselsky lyceum

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

• Vostrikov S.P. Public-private partnership as intersectoral social partnership in education
• Rumyantzeva A.A. Cluster policy as the regional development strategy

PARLIAMENTARISM AND MODERN ELECTORAL PROCESS

• Nisnevich Yu.A. Political and legal analysis of parliamentary and presidential elections of the years 2011 and 2012. part VI. 2012 Presidential elections: confrontation
• Меdvedeva V.K. Russian elections in the context of the values of modern democracy
• Geleransky P.S. The electoral reform in the framework of the federal reform

POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

• Luzan A.A., Luzan S.A. The nature and content of politics and corruption in Ukraine and Russia
• Pryakhin V.F. Side by side towards polycentric world. China in the forеign policy of Russia
• Chmyreva V.A. Political prospects of Turkish integration into the EU in modern american historiography
• Kirchanov M.V. The intellectual backgrounds of Georgian Northern Caucasus politics in nationalistic journalism
• Pliev S.M. South Ossetia: the present and political prospects

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL of Professor Nikolay Pavlovich MEDVEDEV, Doctor of Political Sciences ETHNOPOLITICS, POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS AND ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICTOLOGY

Our authors № 3-2014

THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

T.V. KARADZHE D.Sc. (philosophy), Professor, Head of the Moscow State Pedagogical University’s Political Science and Sociology Department, Russia, Moscow

POLITICAL CULTURE AS A SYSTEM: ITS CONTENT, STRUCTURE AND PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

In his article, the author explores the political culture, its structure and features of functioning. Considering culture as a system, the author not only explores its constituent elements, but also traces their structural relationship and their dialectic interaction.

Key words: culture, political culture, contents, structure, principles of functioning.

А.А. OCHERTYANIY PhD (history), Professor, Head of Department, Sevastopol City University for the Humanities, Russia, Sevastopol

POLITOLOGY: HOW AND WHAT IT STUDIES? (METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS)

Rapid development of political processes in contemporary society, their reflection and updating in the scientific literature and periodicals, necessitate greater attention of the scientific community, connected with the political science, to the methodological grounds of its development. The problem, in its concrete expression consists primarily in the fact that educational literature in political science, which brings its ideas to a wide range of readers and users, in the opinion of the author, is not properly based on the methodological grounds, which have place in modern science. The authors of many textbooks and manuals in varying degrees depart from the logical structure of science (object, subject, laws, categories, method, functions), and disclose the content of political science in a way that is quite complex and difficult to understand. The article raises the issue of the object and the subject of political science, discloses methodological foundations of their analysis, relations, search and interpretation. The article expresses a new vision of the object and the subject of politology, based on its basic categories, i.e. the notion of "politics". The article pays special attention to the justification of the systematic unity of the object and the subject of politology, without which the review and interpretation of these basic elements of the logical structure of the science loses its essential meaning. It proposes to consider the political culture of the society as the object of the science and its laws as its subject.

Key words: object, subject, policy, systems, whole and part, abstraction, methodological principles, science, politology, general science, political culture.

Yu.V. IRKHIN D.Sc. (philosophy), professor, Chair of Politology and Administration, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Chair of Political Science, Russian State University of Humanities, Russia, Moscow

POLITICAL EDUCATION AND MORAL TRAINING IN TSARSKOSELSKY LYCEUM

The article analyses essence, basic features, peculiarities and directions of the political education and moral training in Tsarskoselsky Lyceum. Shown the role of professor Kunitsin in the teaching of political sciences.

Key words: political science, departments of moral and political sciences, Tsarskoselsky Lyceum, Moscow University, A.S. Pushkin, emperor Alexander I, M.M. Speranskiy, А.P. Kunitsin.

POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

S.P. VOSTRIKOV Director of the State budgetary educational institution of secondary professional education Construction College No.30, Russia, Moscow

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS INTERSECTORAL SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION

During the formation of the knowledge-based society and development of innovation economy, significantly increases the value of education for the socio-economic development of the country. The role of educational sector in the modern society is determined by the fact that it builds competence, creates and distributes knowledge – the key resource of a modern society. The effective functioning of the educational system more and more determines the success of socio-economic development. In his article, the author analyzes the state-private partnership as intersectoral social partnership in education.

Key words: state-private partnership, education, policy, state, mechanisms of state-private partnership, socio-economic development.

А.А. RUMYANTZEVA Ph.D. (political science), Deputy Director on educational work of the State budgetary educational institution of secondary professional education Construction College No.30, Russia, Moscow

CLUSTER POLICY AS THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

It’s becoming a recognized fact that in the conditions of globalization for any country an important condition for the sustainability and economic independence is its internal organization, including the ability to quickly and accurately respond to changes in the internal and external conditions of individual regions and the country as a whole, to carry out rapid adaptation through the innovation policy. Thus, the requirements for a high level of organization of the local systems, as more mobile in comparison with the global system, rise significantly. This process raises sharply the question of the development and implementation of regional innovation policy and the formation of innovation climate in the region. In this article, the author considers the çluster policy as the regional development strategy.

Key words: cluster policy, strategy, regional strategy, policy, cluster, cluster initiative.

PARLIAMENTARISM AND MODERN ELECTORAL PROCESS

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

POLITICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF THE YEARS 2011 AND 2012 PART VI. 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: CONFRONTATION

This part of the research the author concludes the political and legal analysis of the presidential election of 2012. The scenario of these elections was determined by the announcement of the reshuffle of the presidential post by Medvedev and Putin, which caused a growth of protest moods and mass street protests that began since December 5, 2011 as a reaction to the falsification of the results of the parliamentary elections, called the protest “angry citizens”. The “vertical of power” acted as the “election machine” of candidate Putin and traditionally abused all types of administrative resources, in particular, organized rallies confronting “angry citizens”. Many of the protest-minded voters became observers at the polling stations on the election day of March 4, and although they actively opposed falsifications, but in general they could prevent mass falsifications, organized by the power “election machine”. The victory of the ruling regime in the 2011 parliamentary elections and 2012 presidential elections seems to be a Pyrrhic victory, because these elections have finally dispelled the myth of the long-term stability of the regime and have generated significant negative socio-political and economic implications.

Key words: elections, president, parliament, analysis, power, opposition, election campaign.

V.К. МЕDVEDEVA Ph.D. (political sciences), assistant professor, chair of political sciences, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, Russia, Moscow

RUSSIAN ELECTIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VALUES OF MODERN DEMOCRACY

In his article, the author analyzes the main issues related to the role of the institution of elections in the establishment of democracy and the institutions of representative democracy in post-Soviet Russia, as well as the problems of organizing and conducting free and fair elections.

Key words: representative democracy, institution of elections, secret vote, free elections, fair elections, competitive elections, electoral rights of citizens, the principles of democratic organization of elections.

P.S. GELERANSKY Ph.D. (political sciences), working for the doctorate degree at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia, Moscow

THE ELECTORAL REFORM IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE FEDERAL REFORM

Considering the elections as an essential component of federal relations, the author analyzes the electoral law. It is hold idea that the election - is the core mechanism of change and development of federal relations and the main form of political people's will in the region as a source of regional governments. Then it is a brief analysis of the regional elections transformation various stages in post-Soviet Russia, and assess their impact on the development of federative relations. The author examines in detail the regional elections as a factor shaping the regional political elite and seeks to identify trends of The Electoral Institute in Russia.

Key words: the Electoral Institute, the role of The Electoral Institute, federal relations, civil society and political system.

POLITICAL PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

A.A. LUZAN Dr.Sc. (philosophy), professor, academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences, member of the Russian Academy of Political Science, head of the philosophy department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Ukraine, Slavyansk

C.A. LUZAN PhD (sociology), Russia, Moscow

THE NATURE AND CONTENT OF POLITICS AND CORRUPTION IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA

In antiquity, the government and political activity was considered as the highest self-sufficient form of uniting people and the highest activity aimed at public good. No legitimization of political power was needed, because the state did not need public recognition. Because of that, any form of government was legitimate. The problem of legitimacy of political power and democracy asserts itself in full voice in new time, when governments began to receive their mandate from people, in whatever way it is understood, when people who come to power are the same people as their voters. At the same time, the authorities are facing the need to justify their existence and their functions, as they have lost their implicit and supernatural origin. In their article, the authors analyze the nature and content of state policy of Russia and Ukraine, considering their transformation since the October revolution of 1917 to the present day. In addition, a certain place in the article is ascribed to the study of corruption in Ukraine and Russia.

Key words: politics, government, nature, evolution, society, corruption.

V.F. PRYAKHIN D.Sc. (political science), Club of Rome National Committee member, Russia, Moscow

SIDE BY SIDE TOWARDS POLYCENTRIC WORLD

China in the Forеign Policy of Russia

The emerging new political world order can not be imagined without Russia and China active participation in its construction. Both great powers clearly indicated the Eurasian priorities in their foreign political concepts. The 2014 events around Ukraine outlined specifically the Sino-Russian co-operation in building democratic polycentric world order. On one hand Barack Obama administration in an unprecedentedly clear manner claimed for the US leadership in the world political process. On the other hand Russia and China reconfirmed by tangible steps their opposition to any concepts of hegemony in contemporary world. It is important that the “geostrategic game” in the Russia – China – USA triangle develops with global challenges in the background which put under the question mark the very survival of the human kind. These challenges demand from the world political elite to change the geopolitical contest for constructive cooperation. The author presents some eventual scenarios of how could develop the relationship between actors in this triangle.

Key words: Russia, China, the USA, foreign policy, world order, globalization, global problems, Asian-Pacific region, Eastern territories of Russia.

V.A. CHMYREVA post-graduate studet at the Chair of Political Sciences of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russia, Moscow

POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF TURKISH INTEGRATION INTO THE EU IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

This article is the analysis of the main trends within US academic community concerning the prospects of Turkish integration into the EU. Despite there is a lack of consensus on the future role of Turkey as US and EU ally in the Middle East, along with Its general political development, the need to develop strategic relations with Turkey is recognized by most of American experts, as well as the use of “soft power” and non-public diplomacy in promoting Turkish European integration.

Key words: foreign policy, international relations, American historiography, political development, European Integration, Turkish European integration, European identity, Turkey, European Union (EU), USA.

M.V. KIRCHANOV D.Sc (history), assistant professor Chair of Regional Studies and foreign countries economies Voronezh State University, Russia, Voronezh

THE INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUNDS OF GEORGIAN NORTHERN CAUCASUS POLITICS IN NATIONALISTIC JOURNALISM

The author analyzes political trends in the context of development of the Northern Caucasus narratives in contemporary Georgian nationalism ideology and nationalistic imagination. The author presumes that Georgian nationalism has developed political tradition and develop as primarily civic movement. The defeat of the «United National Movement» assisted to transformation of Georgian nationalisms ideology. Political triumph of "Georgian Dream" became a triumph of moderate version of nationalism. The Northern Caucasian problems belong to the number of the most popular topics and subjects in the Georgian nationalist journalism. The actualization of the Northern Caucasus narratives in the context of polarization and fragmentation of the Georgian nationalism became a result of political debates related to the role of Georgia in the region and problems of Georgian-Russian relations.

Key words: Georgia, nationalism, identity, Northern Caucasus narratives, civic nationalism, nationalistic imagination.

S.М. PLIEV post-graduate studet at the Chair of Political Sciences of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russia, Moscow

SOUTH OSSETIA: THE PRESENT AND POLITICAL PROSPECTS

This article describes the current political and socio-economic situation in South Ossetia. It identifies problems and gives recommendations for their solution. The article discusses ways to a further political development and offers the most optimal of them.

Key words: South Ossetia, economy, policy, the present.

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF PEOPLES’ FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA

One of the main directions in the development of science in the socio-humanitarian sphere in the world is the creation of scientific schools which serve as a basis for the development of main directions of scientific research. In the last two decades, in the Russian Peoples' Friendship University researches in this field are carried out mainly in the framework of the departments and other structures of the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. An important role in the creation of different areas of scientific activities in the socio-humanitarian sphere, which received international recognition in many universities around the world, belongs to Professor Nur Serikovich Kirabaev, doctor of philosophy, rector for science of the PFUR, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. One of such scientific schools of the PFUR, that we are presenting today on the pages of our magazine, is the scientific school of Nikolai Pavlovich Medvedev, Professor of the political science chair of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University, President of the National Union of Political Scientists.

Editorial Board

SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL

of Professor Nikolay Pavlovich MEDVEDEV, Doctor of Political Sciences

ETHNOPOLITICS, POLITICAL REGIONALISTICS AND ETHNOPOLITICAL CONFLICTOLOGY

Professor Nikolai Pavlovich Medvedev, doctor of political sciences, began his research and pedagogical activities at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he worked on his Ph.D. thesis on the topic of "The subject and functions of the national policy" under the supervision of Vladimir Petrovich Kazimierczuk, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR, doctor of legal sciences. Thereafter, N.P. Medvedev defended his doctoral thesis on "Political consensus in the conditions of Russian federalism". Since 2000 up to the present time, N.P. Medvedev has been professor of the political science chair, faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Russian Peoples' Friendship University. He is one of the leading specialists and developers of a new scientific direction in the political science “Political Regionalistics and Ethnopolitics”.

The scientific school of N.P. Medvedev is operating from the beginning of 1990-ies. Basic researches, which defined the academic focus of the school, are connected with the study of problems of political regionalistics, ethnic politics, political consensus and ethno-political conflictology, as well as issues of federal relations and multi-level governance. In 1993, the first monograph by N.P. Medvedev “National Policy of Russia: from Unitary to a Federal System” was published in the framework of his scientific school. Since 2007, collections of scientific works "Works of Scientific School of Professor N.P. Medvedev" are published annually. Several research works have been completed in the framework of the NFPT grant and Aristotle project “Political education in the XXI century” (from 2003 to 2005), research project of the Institute of state and law of RAS Open Government (2005), and a competition run by the Ministry of regional development of Russia on the Implementation and Ratification by the Russian Federation to the European Charter of Regional Languages and Languages of National Minorities (2008-2009).

The following major scientific achievements and results have been obtained in the framework of the scientific school of N.P. Medvedev:

– evaluation of the influence of ethnic factors on the stability of the territorial and political system of the Russian Federation;

– development of proposals for a new concept of state national policy in post-Soviet Russia;

– development of a draft Federative Agreement (1992);

– development of recommendations on the concept of modern Russian federalism and a draft third chapter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation “Federal Structure” (1993);

– development of basic provisions of the general theory of political consensus and a draft Federal law “On the procedures to resolve differences and disputes between state bodies of the Russian Federation and bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation” (1997-1999);

– definition of the content and structure of a new scientific discipline “Political regionalistics” (2001-2005);

– definition of the main principles of implementation of regional policy in the conditions of an open state (2005);

– development of recommendations on the content and structure of a new scientific direction of ethno-political conflictology (2005-2008);

– analysis of consequences of the centralization of the Russian system of power and prospects of modernization of the modern model of Russian federalism.

The results of studies have been summarized and published by N.P. Medvedev in 8 books, 1 tutorial, 5 textbooks and over 150 scientific publications in the leading Russian and foreign periodicals in Russian, English, French and German.

By now, 22 books, 6 books and manuals and more than 10 training manuals have been published within the framework of the scientific school. Among them are several monographs by N.P. Medvedev: “Ethnic Conflicts and Political Stability” (1992), “National Policy of Russia: from Unitary to a Federal System” (1993), "National Self-determination or “Ethnic Cleansing”?” (1994),“Development of Federalism in Russia” (1995), “From Consensus to Stability: Political Ideology” (1997), “Political Consensus: Theory and Practice” (1999), “Political Institutions and Processes: Comparative Study” (2006), “Subjects of the Russian Federation in the Conditions of State and Legal Reforms” (2006 ), and “Russian Politics: from Centralization to Bureaucracy” (2010 ); a monograph by V.G. Кazakov “The Highest Official of the Subject of the Russian Federation in the Modern System of Political-Administrative Relations” (2005); a monograph by А.I. Yanchukov “The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Conditions of Multi-party System” (2005); a monograph by А.N. Оshkin “The Executive Power of the Constituent Entity of the Russian Federation: Problems of Legal Status” (2005); two monographs by Е.А. Kushtavkiva: “Ethno-political Conflicts as a Factor in the Reform of Federative Relations in Modern Russia” (2007) and “Ethnic Relations and Conflicts: Theory and Practice” (2010); a monograph by S.N. Garaev “Optimization of the System of Multi-level Governance in the Conditions of Russian Federalism” (2010); a monograph by E.М. Коlomeitsev “Ethno-political Process in the North Caucasus in the Context of Transformation of Federal Districts” (2011); a monograph by M.B. Bekbosynov “Russian Federalism: Dilemmas of Political Choice” (2011); a monograph by А.V. Ganicheva “Federal District as the Basis for a New Model of Russian Regional Policy” (2012); a monograph by G.V. Ketzyan “Ethno-linguistic Politics in the Former Soviet Union: Armenia, Russia, Ukraine” (2012); a monograph by P.S. Geleranskiy “Transformation of Regional Political Process in Russia in Terms of Political Reform” (2012); as well as a text-book by N.P. Medvedev “Political Regionalistics” (2002, 2005) and a tutorial by N.P. Medvedev and Е.А. Kushtavkiva “Ethno-political Conflictology” (2008).

In 2014, two more monographs were published as a part of publications by N.P. Medvedev’s scientific school in the MISiS Publishing House: one by N.P. Medvedev and D.V. Perkov “Post-Soviet Ethno-political Process: Language Policy Problems” (2014) and one by N.P. Medvedev and K.V. Nikolaev “Parliamentary-governmental Crises in Modern Russia” (2014).

As a part of academic work carried out under the scientific guidance of Professor N.P. Medvedev at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russian Peoples’ Friendship University, the Institute of state and law of RAS, and Ryazan State University named after S.A. Yesenin 3 persons defended their dissertations and became doctors of political sciences and 30 persons became candidates of sciences (Ph.D).

As a scientist and politician, N.P. Medvedev has repeatedly made presentations on the problems of ethnopolitics and political regionalistics in universities and parliamentary centers in Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, USA, Estonia, France, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Moldova and other countries.

The high academic level of the work done by Professor N.P. Medvedev and his disciples, as well as his reputation in Russia and abroad allow to assert that the scientific school of N.P. Medvedev has received public recognition.