The Nationalization of the Elites: an objective necessity, political and legal feasibility, and prospects for implementation

The article attempts to answer the question of what is ‘nationalization of elitesэ in its modern scientific interpretation and practical functionality, and to present a normative definition of this concept. Examines the relationship of the Russian state towards the problem of nationalization of the elites in different historical conditions, is interpreted as a precondition for strength of the constitutional and legal foundations of the state, as a factor of political and professional-ethical success of public administration, justifies the historical significance of the national-based awareness of the ruling elite of the state interest and action in accordance with this interest. A prerequisite for success is strategic validity, strict compliance with the principles and norms of domestic and international law, and the prevailing moral postulates. The purpose and objectives of the research are to identify the essence, features and content of the concept of ‘nationalization of elites’, to study the features of the process of such nationalization, to justify the objective validity of such a process and its practical necessity. The object of analysis is the elite layer of the system of public administration, politics, business and public service. The subject is the conceptual apparatus, the basic characteristics of nationally oriented elites, the main directions of nationalization of elites and improving the quality of the ruling class in terms of its value orientations and state interests. The objective nature of the transition to a national - oriented awareness of the legal essence and socio-political significance of the state interest by the elite is substantiated. At the same time, the authors assume that the practice of nationalization of elites in its modern version not only does not contradict, but fully corresponds to modern legal regulations and international practices. Materials and methods . The source base of the research is normative legal acts, political and program documents, data of sociological measurements, theoretical and journalistic works of domestic and foreign authors. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is the dialectical-materialistic approach to the analysis of social phenomena and processes. Tool: comparative legal analysis, concrete historical approach, methods of system-functional, retrospective and comparative legal research. Results and conclusion . The essence of nationalization of elites is presented in the article as the most important component of the process of returning the country to independent historical creation based on its own highly professional intellectual, personnel, political, financial and economic potential, on the domestic political, managerial, spiritual, moral and cultural tradition. At the same time, it is proved that it is impossible to solve the problem of nationalization of elites only by propaganda appeals, organizational and legal instruments of coercion. We need a systematic, strategically well-calculated solution to the problem, i.e. a solution that would create conditions that would guarantee the protection of society, the state, the government and the elite from political and value blurring, manifestations of nationalism and great-power chauvinism, reorientation of domestic elites to values that are alien to our ideas about democracy, the market and a civilized way of life in the context of globalization. This means that they placed the elite in a strategically responsible position, and formed in it the qualities of a real bearer of the national idea, an exponent, a guide, and a real defender of national interests, rather than a formal one.

state, democracy, power, deoffshorization, information flows, national interest, nationalization of elites, patriotism, professionalism, social justice, value orientations, elite, elite consciousness

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