DOI: 10.7256/2454-0684.2017.4.22826

Abstract: The author analyzes in detail the possibilities of policy networks influence on the political sphere, emphasizing the formation of new network institutions of public and political participation, the transition from a linear model of political participation to interactive. Analyzing technological and socio-economic changes, the author comes to an intermediate conclusion that the basic actor of modern politics is an individual able to directly participate in socio-political processes thanks to modern means of network communication, and the policy itself acquires the properties of a nonlinear dynamic system. The object of the research is a political space that is under the influence of the processes of networkization and socio-economic transformations, thereby acquiring the properties of a nonlinear dynamical system. The subject of the study are possible ways of development in the conditions of nonlinear dynamics. In the course of the research, the author models the most likely scenarios for changing political systems and management practices in these conditions. As a result, the author identifies seven possible ways of development in conditions of nonlinear dynamics. Some of these ways are based on the assumption that the political system perceives the network environment as a destabilizing and hostile factor, which leads to a confrontation between traditional political systems and the network space. Other ways of development involve the use of the effects of self-organization, co-creation and the complicity of political networks to formulate and implement effective policy. The author comes to the conclusion that the most optimal solution is the diversified implementation of those development ways that would allow using the synergistic effects of networks for the development of policies corresponding to the public interests.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0730.2017.2.22828

Abstract: The author examines in detail the changes that take place in the political space under the influence of "communicative abundance", which makes it possible to initialize policy networks in real time and with minimal costs. The purpose of this research is to identify the main interfaces for the interaction of political networks and political reality, as well as the limits of the possibilities of the networks influence on political reality. The object of this research is the political networks operating in the Web 2.0 space. The subject is interfaces, through which political networks are able to interact with political reality. Highlighting the main points of the transition of virtual to real, the author concludes that there are three main interfaces. The first interface is a public political space, using which the networks are capable of transforming the political culture of society, changing perceptions of political values and vectors of development. The second interface is the institutional outputs, through which networks are able to interact with political reality and at times incorporate into the political system. The third interface is actions of direct action as a demonstration that there are real citizens, political actors and political demands behind the networks.