Yakovleva L. Institutional and communicative dimensions of the legitimacy of public power

The object of research is the legitimacy of public authority. The purpose of the dissertation is to determine the institutional and communicative dimensions of the legitimacy of public authority; methods: neo-institutionalism (taking into account the specifics of the methodology of historical institutionalism, sociological institutionalism, institutionalism of rational choice, discursive institutionalism) and communicative approach; the scientific novelty of the obtained results is due to the set of tasks and ways to solve them. It consists in solving current problems of political science related to the legitimacy of public power, which have not been sufficiently developed in the existing theoretical intelligence and have not acquired the status of necessary postulates in the domestic political process. The dissertation is one of the first political science works, which examines the institutional and communicative dimensions of the legitimacy of public authority. Within the framework of the research of institutional and communicative dimensions of the legitimacy of public power, the results of scientific significance were obtained; The results can be used by political actors, public officials, NGOs, journalists, party leaders and activists, political management and marketers who develop an effective modern model of public legitimacy. In addition, the results of scientific research can be used to develop training courses and special courses on the theory of power, the theory of legitimacy of public power, political communication, as well as certain aspects of public policy and public administration.