No 4 (2009)

In the given article the author considers the problem of discourse of political archetypes in international relations of the post Soviet states of the Central Asia. In author's opinion, political archetypes as historically developed fundamental bases of ethnic consciousness render essential influence on modern diplomacy of the countries of the given region. That is why they require serious and profound studying by domestic and foreign political science.

In the article the author makes an attempt to analyze transformation of political process in the post Soviet Georgia where establishing of independence was accompanied by set of the problems caused first of all by lack of experience in construction of the sovereign state. Even on a background of general crisis of all post Soviet space, Georgia is different because of certain specific cyclicity and jumps of crisis situations that, probably, represents important characteristic for political style and political technologies of this country. In the post Soviet Georgia there were three changes of the top government, and all three by not constitutional means. Similar dynamics of political process confirms non-institutional political system of Georgia at which, the probability of resolving of political conflict in illegitimate way is high. Conflictness of political system of Georgia in many respects is connected with electoral system of republic which is not in condition to solve the political conflict through elections, the reason consists in that that in the society the trust to institute of elections has not affirmed. Now there is a political crisis in Georgia, also it is impossible to be assured that this crisis can be resolved by constitutional methods.

The article is devoted to the main conflict between the Anglo and Francophone elites. The author analyzes the different movements and conferences that were organized by the Anglophone elites who are asking their autonomy and the return to federal country because they are dominated and marginalizes by the Francophone.

In the given article are analyzed pluses and minuses of different electoral systems, their applicability to the Russian conditions, considering the reforms of the electoral legislation of Russia. The project of the Electoral Codex as possible document that regulates regional electoral process put under consideration.

The article reveals the essence of the phenomenon of westernization and its importance for the modern world. The process of the westernization is connected with developing expansion of the West, its powerful influence on other countries and obvious intention to override them. The process of westernization is considered by means of its comparison to the processes of modernization, globalization, Europeanization and Americanization. As a result of the westernization process the countries involved into it often have to adopt some political, economic and cultural western values, and this fact, in its turn, can lead to total transformation of a society, including destruction of its original cultural values.

Socio-political practice of state, when it represented only interests of elites becomes unacceptable in the age of modernization which requires larger degrees of freedom. The solution of this conflict opens possibilities of participation in political processes for many social groups by means of political inclusion. That processes defined the shape of modern civil society.