INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL CULTURE AND CIVIL PARTICIPATION ON THE FUNCTIONING OF POLITICAL REGIMES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF POST-TOTALITARIAN STATES)

Abstract

The political regime in the state depends not only on the balance of political forces in the society, political relations, means and methods of realizing power, relations between state and society, but also from the state of political culture as a national leader and ruling elite, and the population. The cooperation of citizens with power in post-totalitarian states symbolizes the democratic character of the country. In post-totalitarian political cultures, the concept of citizenship is associated with a sense of belonging and identification with the state. The characteristic type of political culture of society contributes to the establishment of a certain political regime, supports its stable functioning. A regime that contradicts the established norms and values of the political culture of the population cannot function effectively and exercise political power in a society.