Abstract
The relevance of the research problem is justified by the fact that contemporary political experts consider the political process of democratic ruling elite forming as in Russia so in other countries only in general aspects and there is no unified understanding of this process. The aim of this article is to summarize the scientific knowledge on the problem under consideration and to propose criteria for political elite selection in democratic States. A leading approach to this problem study is a positional approach. From the point of view of the positional approach the political elite is defined as the range of persons who has attained powerful positions and who has the right of direct participation in the process of government decision-making through open competition for votes and political elections’ win in representative bodies of power. The article can be useful for political scientists and sociologists studying the problems of political elites’ formation and functioning.
Highlights
1.1 The Relevance of the ProblemThe study of government and political entities, who possesses it since ancient time has occupied a central point in political science
The relevance of the research problem is justified by the fact that contemporary political experts consider the political process of democratic ruling elite forming as in Russia so in other countries only in general aspects and there is no unified understanding of this process
The aim of this article is to summarize the scientific knowledge on the problem under consideration and to propose criteria for political elite selection in democratic States
Summary
1.1 The Relevance of the ProblemThe study of government and political entities, who possesses it since ancient time has occupied a central point in political science. Representative democracy, which became the main form of government, with its inherent system of institutions formation through delegation by the citizens through elections of their powers to manage the state's limited and relatively small number of representatives, leads to the fact that there is a narrow circle of professional politicians and high-ranking officials, who perform management functions at the state level. This is the group of people who is the ruling elite. At the lower level are those who are included in the local government
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