Parameters and Mechanisms for the Latent Sphere of the Modern Politics

The article is devoted to the study of parameters that contribute to the identification and structuring of the latent sphere of politics as a special space for interaction and self-realization of actors in covertly achieving goals and solving imperiously significant tasks. Due to the closeness of the relevant processes, the latent sphere is usually difficult to recognize and rationalize. However, a comprehensive look at politics in general and public policy in particular makes it possible to assess both the functional conditionality of latent mechanisms and technologies of the political space, as well as their “user” demand due to the significantly inferior capabilities of the public sphere. Modern practice-oriented methods of postbehavioral epistemological orientation, which make it possible to interpret events and phenomena of modern political communication in a logical and intuitive way, together with normative, network and comparative approaches, have formed the methodological basis for a consistent study of the problem. According to the results of the study, among the general parameters characterizing the presence and development of elements of the latent sphere, the following were identified: the multilevel nature of politics, its classification and staging, which determine the specifics of latent phenomena at different levels, in different types and at different stages. In the context of public policy, the latter parameter makes it possible to distinguish between the variability of latent practices both in goal setting (where goals may be hidden) and in goal achievement (where mechanisms for achieving established priorities become latent). 

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