Політична участь як форма реалізації політичних прав: теоретико-правовий дискурс

Abstract

The article examines the concepts of political participation as a form of realization of political rights. The author explores the place and role of political participation in the political process. The functions of political participation, its role and significance in the realization of the interests and rights of citizens are studied. The important role of political participation in the formation of the formation of representative bodies of state power, the removal of socio-political tensions, etc. is emphasized. Types and forms of political participation are analyzed according to various criteria. In particular, the content and essence of conventional and unconventional forms of political participation, formal and informal, are studied. It is determined that the main form of conventional behavior is participation in elections. Participation in elections allows to limit the manifestation of dangerous for the political system forms of mass activity, directing it in the institutional (regulated) direction, when people dissatisfied with government policy express their protest, voting for change. The rest of the citizens show support for the government's course due to the elections. The norms of the Basic Law of Ukraine, which enshrine the right to political participation and their content, are studied; the normatively enshrined components of the right to political participation are determined. The rights and opportunities for political participation in the form of political rights not only of Ukrainian citizens, but also of foreigners and stateless persons are analyzed. The author concludes that there is a direct relationship between an increase in the number of nontraditional forms of participation (rallies, strikes, acts of public disobedience) and a simultaneous decrease in the level of participation in the usual forms of political participation. In particular, the low turnout in the elections indicates the instability of political systems and the low level of legitimacy of state power by the population.