Rybiy O. The processes of transformation of political institutions: stages and drivers.

The dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of theoretical and methodological approaches to studying the issues of institutional change. This work demonstrates the substance of basic institutional concepts; a systematic analysis is made of the basic components of the political institution and their essential characteristic. This study shows that conducting a generalized research scheme of study political institutions and institutional change is possible when one takes into account various institutional dimensions (formal, informal) and levels (customary, organizational, macro-, meso-, micro levels), specific stages of development of the institution (insitutionalization, search for balance, evolutionary or revolutionary changes, de-institutionalization, etc., as well as the application of certain combined methodological sets of instruments. The paper provides investigation of stages, drivers, mechanisms and models of institutional transformation, which allows to select the main characteristics, parameters, elements and criteria of comprehensive institutional analysis.