Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: On the basis of political activity attributes analysis it is proved in the research work that a high level of purposeful political activity as well as its subjects’ capacity of their civic duty comprehension are the basis of state as a form of social organization functioning. In its general meaning political activity is interpreted by the author as a peculiar mechanism to protect rights and freedoms. Topicality of the research work is determined by the fact that in Ukrainian realities citizens do not consider political activity to be effective mechanism of their own will realization and that’s why they cannot always understand the political situation on the basis of their own position.As a result most people are not able to take responsibility for their own political choice results. To overcome such tendencies in the article two types of political activity (political participation and political practice) are analyzed; it is also proved that political activity can be of conventional which are fixed in the legal system of rules and regulations and unconventional forms such as participation in unauthorized meetings and strikes, premises capture, massacres, property destruction, extremist and terrorist acts.In a globalized society political activity is systematically revealed in professional politicians’ activity – leaders and their family members, deputies of representative bodies, officials of state bodies, leaders and members of public organizations, representatives of supranational political organizations. Together with such qualities as intelligence, wit, quick response, mobility, active political personality is characterized by will qualities (perseverance, determination, courage) as the basis of socially significant interests’ achievement. To avoid political activity radicalization and its transformation into constructive one is possible on condition of its redirection into conventional forms. The most effective mechanism to stop extremism and terrorism extension is reorientation activists’ willpower into legal field where they would be able not only express their position but also implement their desires into socially important political decisions on state level.
Author: Nadezhda A. Kovtun
Institution: Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University
Language: Ukrainian
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3004845751