Technologies of direct civilized lobbying in post-soviet countries (on examples of russia and ukraine)

The level of competition for access to limited resources is growing with the gradual increase in the number of participants in the process of government. In this situation one of the effective methods for achieving necessary results is lobbyism, which in the post-Soviet countries is not regulated legislatively and is often identified with corruption. At the same time, it is important to note that legitimate technologies exist even in conditions of legal vacuum. This fact gives civilized status to lobbying. The current lobbying processes in the post-Soviet space on the examples of Russia and Ukraine are examined in this article. The goal is to identify the specifics and to generalize the most common modern technologies of direct civilized lobbying. The general methodology of the study is neocorporatism. Methods - comparative analysis (binary method by the principle of maximum similarity of systems), temporal (asynchronous) method, case-study. In the article the author applies two approaches for the classification of technologies of civilized lobbyism. The first - includes the allocation of three groups: technology “exchange of resources”, “public positioning” and “intellectual” ones. In the framework of the dichotomous approach, the characteristics of direct and indirect influence are generalized. Peculiarities of such civilized direct forms are singled out: the creation of organizations on a sectoral or territorial basis, the nomination of necessary candidates for elected offices by a group of interests, the involvement of the institute of consulting, participation in the creation of political, socio-economic and other development strategies and programs. Also, a batch voting, creation of expert councils and GR-departments are analyzed. Examples are given based on real data from Ukraine and Russia. In the future, the author will expand the study, focusing on modern indirect technologies of civilized lobbying in Ukraine and Russia.

lobbying, technologies of lobbyism, direct civilized lobbying, groups of interests in the post-Soviet space, the process of making a political decision, representation of interests in Russia, Ukraine

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