Public power.

Abstract

The study of political power as a public policy component requires addressing the following issues: first - this is a problem of categories, and the second - a combination of the theory of power and theories of public policy, and the third - the problem of adaptation of existing methodological approaches to the study of contemporary political and power relations in different types of systems and the formation of new theories. Political power as a public policy component can be viewed through a variety of methodological approaches: behaviouralism, systematic, non-institutional, network, elite, etc. But in spite of the vast array of works on the theme of public authority, it remains controversial among researchers and requires a new theoretical understanding. The traditional conceptualization of power was seen in political science through the prism of authority and resource capabilities and represented primarily as a public authority.