A Methodology for Studying the Social Dynamicsof Political Elites

Abstract

The article considers the methodological foundations of the study of the social dynamics of political elites. The author notes that the problems of changes and development of political elite were widely studied in both classical and modern elitology. The purpose of this article is to show the advantages and disadvantages of different theoretical models in the study of the dynamics of elite groups.

Keywords

• political elite
• political process
• genesis of political elite
• transitology
• transformation
• new institutionalism.