THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE RESEARCH OF POLITICAL STABILITY UNDER CONDITIONS OF CHANGING REALITY

Abstract

The purpose of the article is considering features of the application of scientific and theoretical approaches to the study of political stability in changing conditions: globalization, development of the information society, postmodern. Political stability is defined as the ability of a regional political system to be stable, adaptive, productive and efficient. Influences that violate these functions of the political system are qualified as destabilizing influences. The author substantiates that modern society and modern political systems carry numerous contradictions. These contradictions make the system unstable, and destabilization numerous and natural. The article proves that a specific historical context predetermines some features of the study of political stability. They consist in applying a constructivist approach, the theory of postmodern, new technologies of political change, the concept of Digital Humanities.