Modernization of the party system as a means of democratization of the political regime in Ukraine.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31558/2519-2949.2018.1.13Keywords:
political party, Ukraine, modernization, democratization, political regimeAbstract
The substantive essence and current trends of the development of the institute of political parties in Ukraine are considered. The purpose of this article is to consider the current concept of a political party and to propose mechanisms for modernizing the party system of Ukraine in order to ensure the democratization of the political regime that has been formed in our country. The author argues that political parties in their vocation a priori act as a leading subject of democratization of the political system of a transitive society. The main problem of Ukraine lies in the fact that the clan-oligarchic (nonpatrimonial) political regime and bureaucratic corporate, shadow economy do not promote the creation of capable political parties, within which there is fair and open competition, and contributes to the creation of political companies for commercial interests. Political parties of Ukraine do not fulfill their main purpose, do not provide political education of the masses and do not provide purposeful and organized character to actions of citizens to protect their own interests. The main function of Ukrainian parties is to manipulate the mass consciousness of voters during the conduct of the relevant campaigns. The weakness of Ukrainian political parties, their organizational and ideological amorphism, opens up a rather broad perspective for the teams of political technologists to bring them to the necessary "electoral condition." The main political parties represent a kind of semi-finished products for the upcoming election campaign.
For modern Ukraine, the problem of intensifying party building and crystallization of the party system of Ukraine in the direction of its depriving of the ballast of virtual and incapable structures and leaders who do not take a real part in politics is a topical issue. On the other hand, there are many party structures and brands that, if involved in the political process, have no demand for the electoral market.
Recommendations for implementation of mechanisms of modernization of the Ukrainian party system are formulated.
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