Authority and obedience in context of modern political process

Today the political process, on the one hand, is very predictable that become a reason of low level of political participation, and, on the other hand, it's unpredictable that is reason of two processes strengthening the legitimacy of government and rising discontent and protests. It's interesting to know whether the "authority-obedience" relation in the modern political process. When we know how people perceive the power, we can define the main subjects of authority and the boundaries of authority; we can imagine the picture of "authority". Obedience is one of the mechanisms of knowledge of the authority. If the political development of the state is higher, then the possibility to use mechanisms of violence and compulsion is lower. The low level of political participation and the high level of legitimacy cause modern political perception which based on cognitive dissonance in politics. Today the political perception in Russia bases on rational knowledge of political process, but mass consciousness saves characteristics of political paternalism in socio-psychological and economic spheres. These findings show the high level of recognition of authority by Russian citizens. The citizens recognize the authority as necessary aspect of life. This Tendency is based on mental features (peculiarities) and political culture, as a result of feeling distrustful of authority citizens recognize the prevailing position of political power and all its positive and negative capabilities. We can conclude that Russian citizens perceive the authority such as united, strong state machine, which should be at a consensus with society and laws like a guarantor this consensus. The laws define the new behavioral practices and it establishes equality; the recognition the judicial system of state enshrines in it the legitimacy of power.

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