Party-Functional Case for the Construction of Socio-political Discourse in Russian Public Policy

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AbstractPurpose: The article presents an analysis of the party-functional case of the construction of social and political discourse in Russian public policy. The aim of the study is to highlight the features of partogenesis and the functioning of political parties in the context of constructing social and political discourse and expanding the area of public policy in Russia.Design/Methodology/Approach: The article notes that design in its political-project content is a process of meaning-making and ideological activity of the state, authorities and administration, political parties, political and scientific elite, public organizations aimed at forming a certain system of social political relations (social and political reality).Findings: The study traced the evolution of specific political conditions of party functioning and their correlation with the process of constructing social and political discourse in public politics. Conclusions are drawn about the peculiarities of Russian partogenesis and party functioning, its stages are highlighted and their significance for the process of constructing socio-political discourse in the context of expanding public policy is specified. The segmentation of the party-political discourse is shown and the tendency of replacement of the functional of political parties as political subjects of the social-political discourse with the functional of other public institutions is revealed. The most important conclusion is that a significant part of the functions traditional for political parties are beginning to be performed in parallel by other socio-political institutions as new subjects of public policy, and the only immanent monopoly function of political parties as political subjects of social and political discourse is to ensure the normative legitimacy of power.Originality/Value: The originality of the article lies in the fact that, methodologically, it uses two author’s criteria: transformation of the functions of political parties in socio-political discourse, and also the evolution of specific political conditions of party functioning and their correlation with the construction of socio-political discourse in public policy. The using of the author's methodology made it possible to re-evaluate socio-political phenomena in the context of constructing socio-political discourse.KeywordsChoicesDesignSocio-political discoursePublic organizationsParty systemPolitical partyPolitical systemPublic policyJEL CodesH1H7K4Y8