Busova N. Social rationalization and law in the process of modernization

3. The object - the process of modernization of society. The goal to develop conception of modernization as social rationalization, to reveal the role of law in purposeful social change. Methods - methodological approaches of the theory of communicative action and interpretative sociology, functional analysis. Theoretical results and their novelty - the problem of theoretical reconstruction of process of modernization as social rationalization is solved, the interplay of three types of rationality (communicative, purposive and systemic) in this process is revealed, the key role of law in social rationalization is exposed, the necessity of democratic legitimation of law at the stage of reflexive modernization is substantiated and the ways of democratic legitimation are clarified. The sphere of use - the decision of problems of society democratization, academic teaching process, research work.