Khorishko L. Institutionalization of the elite in the processes of modernization of the political system of Ukraine.

The author's concept of institutionalization of the elite in the processes of modernization of political systems was proposed, which allowed to comprehensively consider the structural and functional characteristics of the elite institute and specify its subjectivity in the implementation of the political modernization activity. The peculiarities of the genesis of the political modernization paradigm were explored and the scientific discourses, actual in contemporary political reality, were specified. The conceptual-categorical apparatus and methodology of research were substantiated. The expediency of combining theoretical and methodological and practical-political levels of research of the institutionalization of the elite in the processes of modernization of the political system of Ukraine was proved. The features of institutionalization of the elite were investigated. Its structure and functions as a political institution were specified. The criteria for institutionalization of the elite in the processes of political modernization were specified. The institutional environment of the functioning of the political elite as a set of legitimate rules of interaction, which form the corresponding algorithms of activity in the processes of political modernization was investigated It was proved that the processes of legitimation contribute to the consolidation in the public consciousness of values and the models of political modernization corresponding to them. The subjectivity of the elite in the processes of modernization of the political system was considered through the prism of the combination of structural and procedural approaches. The technological model of the modernization process, specified by the relevant technologies of political activity, was presented. A comparative analysis of the institutionalization of the elite in the political systems of Spain, Germany, Turkey and Ukraine was carried out. This contributed to the development of practical recommendations for optimization of the institutionalization of the elite in the processes of modernization of the political system of Ukraine.