Nazarenko A.V., Mikhaylenok O.M. Conclusion. In: Networking of political relations in the conditions of a new reality: [monograph] ...

Abstract

The idea of ​​society as a network of relations between its members with different levels of reflection and self-reflection, different political potential made us consider the images established in consciousness from a different angle, revise frequently used concepts: political relations, societies and communities in their various configurations, the poles of relations, their political capital and political culture. For these purposes, it was necessary to analyze the influence of the behavior of actors - actants, in the role of which inanimate and living natural and social objects can act, on the relations between them, on their political and social identification and their political subjectivity. There is an understanding that the network is a society, perceived as a dynamic phenomenon, since the interaction between the nodes of the network creates flows that spur their interactions to infinity. The main advantage of network interaction is seen as an equal information exchange based on self-determining meanings and attitudes towards social and political processes. The distribution of the resource potential of the network becomes the most important factor in assessing network political relations, including the morality, quality and authority of the power of a political entity, based on its social capital - professionalism, social responsibility and patriotism. Since politics is formed within the framework of the system of political relations, then, becoming an increasingly significant factor in the organization and conduct of politics, network relations begin to complement, and in some cases even replace the dominant in the world classical administrative-hierarchical model, in the depths of which lie the subordination based on power. vertical relationship. As a product of the abundance of information in modern society, networkization is the process of forming a new configuration of political infrastructure, which is carried out through the convergence of vertical and horizontal interactions between actors. As a result, political institutions are being transformed in three main directions: increasing the role of relations over structure, which is reflected in the organizational and symbolic aspects of the functioning of institutions; the emergence of new political institutions based on the network nature of interactions; hybridization of political institutions, combining both traditional and network forms of social and political organization. As in all times, the target orientations of political actors remain the cornerstone of this process. Today it is hardly possible to speak about the generally accepted methodology of the network approach. And the reason for this is the specificity of network relations: different forms of interaction of actors, including their latency in the space of interactions, temporality, multilevelness. It is because of this that network relationships are difficult to identify, theoretically describe and use in practice. The use of a network approach makes it possible for spontaneously emerging network associations to appear in politics, their specifications, forms and innovative potential, which makes it possible to speak of a network approach and as a practice-oriented theory.

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