Political organizations: types, functions, ideas. Political Organizations of Russia

Political organizations play a special role in public life and the system of any state. They perform many functions, uniting people, ensuring that their interests are taken into account by authority. Political organizations are a special form of the population's activity that arose at the dawn of democracy. Today they are the main structural element of the social system. Let's look at the forms of political organization of the population and the features of their activities.

Definition

The state lives and functions according to its rules. Today the planet is moving towards the unification of processes, developing democracy. And in any system there are organizations. Political are different from other goals. They participate in the formation of the power structure, they are fighting for it. The emergence of organizations is preceded by the emergence in the society of some kind of activity that unites a large number of people. They interact on the basis of common interest, gradually coming to the idea of forming a structure, developing goals. For example, parties seek power. They unite certain segments of the population and express their interests. This group seeks to influence the political structure of the state in order to bring about the declared changes in society. Party workers sought to power in the nineteenth century to introduce social standards. The liberals want to lower the role of the state in society, establish other rules in the economy, politics, culture, and bring their values into people's lives. Any organization, political or not, has a certain structure. It arises in order to plan, organize and direct the general work of its members.

Objectives of political organizations

Not all associations take part in the struggle for power. And this is the main criterion by which political organizations stand out. They must have enough influence in society, support a certain percentage of the population, so that their activities affect the state system. According to the legislation, they set the following goals:

• Formation of opinion of large masses of the population;
• Participation in political education and citizens education;
• Collection and reporting to the authorities of people's opinions;
• Nomination of candidates to elected bodies.

That is, any political organization is trying to attract attention. It needs the support of the masses in order to translate the stated goals into reality.

Characteristics of political organizations

Let's look at the criteria by which the associations of citizens are singled out. In order to influence or come to power, organizations must act in a legitimate political field. This requires them to comply with a number of regulatory norms prescribed in the legislation. Political organizations are characterized by the following features:

• Formality and reality of existence;
• Form of ownership - public;
• Non-profit goals;
• Social importance;
• National importance.

In addition, the association must act openly. People enter into them on various bases of consolidation, from idea to religion, rallying them together. Let us give an example. The All-Russian People's Front connects specialists fighting corruption in power, seeking to improve the state system.

Classification of political organizations

In each association there is a certain number of members. In addition, it enjoys the support of a certain number of the population, political parties have mandates in the parliament. These characteristics are taken into account when qualifying for size. Organizations can be large and small. The basics of activities are distinguished by:

• Ideological;
• Traditional;
• Clerical;
• Class;
• Leadership;
• Ethnic;
• Partnership;
• Alternative;
• Corporate and others.

In terms of form and content of activities, there are:

• Public associations (All-Russian People's Front);
• The trade union;
• the consignment.

It should be noted that there are other classifications. Since we are interested in their role in society, we will not lead others. They are interesting only in the theoretical plane.

Political activity of political organizations

The union sets a goal. As a rule, it consists in spreading the declared idea or principle to the whole society. For example, socio-political organizations focus on the situation of the most vulnerable segments of the population, their rights. By the way, they have great support in all countries, including developed ones.

Political organizations work closely with the public. Their activities are twofold. On the one hand, they need to conduct a survey of people's opinions in order to identify potential adherents. On the other hand, it is necessary to conduct propaganda to attract people.

That is, each organization is struggling with other forces in order to make its idea generally accepted, natural, to receive the support of as many people as possible. The forms of work are different. The main emphasis is on constant communication with the population by holding public events, individual interviews, creating and distributing promotional materials. Lately a lot of attention is paid to work in social networks. Unfortunately, this form of activity was invented by no official, legitimate forces. It was created by completely different, destructive organizations, which are trying to shake the stability of the whole planet.

International political organizations

In the global world, there are no barriers in the form of boundaries for ideas. States are unions, and so do individual citizens with common interests. Military-political organizations are a vivid example. They can be both interstate, official, and illegal (IG - it is forbidden in the Russian Federation). HPEs are united by countries on the basis of common external threats. For example, NATO is an organization that aims to protect participating countries from military attack. And the SCO members have set themselves more global tasks. They oppose global terrorism, thereby - to informal or illegal military-political organizations. The latter, in turn, also have declared goals that unite the adepts. For example, IG is fighting against the modern world order. Its leaders conduct planned and purposeful work to destroy states.

And what about Russia?

Now let's talk a little about the political organizations of Russia. The Russian Federation has a long tradition of self-organization of the population. Ideas have always been perfectly absorbed by the masses in this territory. The modern political structure of the Russian Federation is diverse. Together with trade unions - the legacy of the USSR - now there are various parties. Among them are parliamentary (for example, United Russia) and young, who have never won a single mandate. Since the criterion for creating a political force was changed some time ago, people began to create new parties mainly on the idea of patriotism. Most likely, the process was influenced by political changes in the world, reunification with the Crimea and further developments in Ukraine. In addition, there are cohesive forces that are not parties. For example, the All-Russian People's Front. As already mentioned, this organization unites people who want to improve power, clean it of negative phenomena.

Innovations in political life?

It should be noted that society does not stand still, it is constantly developing. In Russia on May 9 there is a very interesting event. It is already known all over the world and has received the name "Immortal Regiment". In the modern international situation, this patriotic movement has a huge, yet unvalued, influence on the broad masses of the population of countries. Conceived as a memory action, the event developed into a big movement, which united millions of citizens with an idea. It consists in the fact that all the inhabitants of the post-Soviet space are descendants of the winners. This is a very deep thought (or feeling). A new idea makes the masses wake up, analyze events from a different point of view. Probably, people need to look at the international situation of the country through the eyes of their undoubtedly great and at the same time simple ancestors. Where it leads? One way or another "Immortal Regiment" shows us an example of a political movement from below, from the masses, not related to material problems, like all the earlier ones.

Conclusion

The political process in a democratic society is a very complex system. Its participants try to attract every citizen to their activities. They perform both regulatory and educational functions in society. Surprisingly, young people have begun to show an interest in political life throughout the world. This speaks first of all about the beginning of the process of updating the system and is a positive factor. The political future of the whole civilization is now vague. Experts talk about the aging of the system. People need new ideas, common interests, activities. Will it appear or is already there ("Immortal Regiment") - we'll see. Ahead of all the most interesting.