The Philosophical and Political Views of M. Ya. Ostrogorsky (1854–1921) and their Modern Significance

Abstract

Theoretical studies of practical political life conducted by M. Ya. Ostrogorsky allow us to call him one of the founders of Russian political science and party science. His doctrine was the first systematized theory of the emergence, functioning and development of political parties, the laws of their evolution and the technology of activity. He described the tendency to establish an oligarchic leadership of political parties and the failure of moral regulators of political processes taking place in society.

Keywords

• political science
• party science
• political parties
• caucus
• oligarchic leadership of parties