Power-society interaction in the Republic of Moldova in the context of the development of the political process: dialogue or monologue? (Part I)

Abstract

The article analyzes the problems of interaction between the authorities and society in the context of the political process development in the Republic of Moldova. The author believes that the specifics of the interaction between power and society, characteristic for the political process of the Republic of Moldova, are rooted in its “top-down” orientation. The author explains this phenomenon both by the dominant etatist culture in the country, and by objective trends of the modern world, contributing to the concentration of power and force in the field of politics. The author shows that this trend leads to the political marginalization of the people and to the transformation into a passive subject of the political process, called to submit to the authorities will. The authorities, deprived of control by society, are increasingly sliding into authoritarian methods of government, turning interaction with society into a “monologue”.