Folomeev M. Traditions and innovations in interaction between political actors as subjects of political process

The Object is traditions and innovations in the political process. The Aim is to reveal the role of traditions and innovations in interaction between political actors as subjects of political process. The Methods are a set of general scientific and special methods of political science; typologization, content analysis, reconstruction of theoretical discourses, modeling, Weber’s method of ideal types, comparativism, etc. Theoretical and practical results consist in determining the traditions-innovations correlation specifics in interaction between political actors, which is important in terms of optimizing the strategies of political process democratization in Ukraine. The Novelty is the suggested ideal-typical models of interaction between the key political actors: bureaucrats, entrepreneurs and intellectuals in different types of societies; it has been determined that the essence of political traditions lies in anchoring and consolidating the model of interaction between political actors in practices of dominant and subordinate social groups; the innovation concept application has been improved to reveal the peculiarities of interaction between political actors in modern political process; the models of interaction between the key political actors in Ukraine have been substantiated. Practical application is seen in training specialists in socio-political sciences while writing test-books and study guides; working out state strategies in information-oriented society development, boosting innovation-driven development of Ukraine. Scope of application: activity of governmental bodies and socio-political institutions.