THE POLITICAL REGIME AS A SOCIO-POLITICAL PHENOMENON: CRITERIA, TYPOLOGY, FACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The article reveals the essential criteria of the political regime and its typology. The main factors affecting its formation and functioning are characterized. According to the author, the political regime includes a system of institutional, social and ideological components that generate and characterize a particular way of political power. The article clearly shows that the modes of governance are fundamentally different from each other not only by means of exercising power, but also by social entities and policy orientation. This approach allowed the author to determine the political regime according to the main criterion, i.e.: to what extent it consistently provides the triumph of the principles of democracy, the rights and freedoms of citizens, and the realization of their fundamental interests.