Open AccessPolitical Innovation as a Communicative Process: the receptivity of elites to innovations
Author(s) -
V. Tereshchenko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kommunikologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3332
pISSN - 2311-3065
DOI - 10.21453/2311-3065-2021-9-3-131-143
Subject(s) - politics , elite , political communication , context (archaeology) , political science , quality (philosophy) , sociology , economic system , social science , political economy , economics , epistemology , law , paleontology , philosophy , biology
The paper is dedicated to the analysis of political innovations in the context of the general theory of innovation. The author defines the main scientific approaches used in social sciences and humanities to innovations, identifies the political features of the introduction of innovations, and, based on the examination of the problems of innovations introduction from the standpoint of political science, analyzes the role of Russian elites in the development of modern Russia. The study reveals the content of the concepts of innovation in the political sphere and political innovation, which are not that much the innovations per se, but the political processes determined by these innovations, as well as the associated political decisions and applied innovative political technologies. The article reveals the role of Russian elites in the innovative development of Russia, analyzes the susceptibility of Russian elites to innovations on the basis of the Elite Quality Index, and shows their ability to implement policies for the innovative development of Russia.