Today, the term "political activity" is not designated by the Russian legislation, and its content is not the first century is the subject of scientific debate.
most popular interpretation of the concept "politics" and "political activities" reflect the specific social structure particular social community in a certain period of time.Thus, Aristotle - contemporary Greek polis - defined as the science policy of the state or the art of management.Now this definition may seem very general and imprecise, but it is well suited to describe the Greek public power "island of democracy".
Since the days of the ancient Greeks are the concept of "policy" has not changed, but the content of this category has increased significantly.This is due to several factors, chief among which are the following factors:
- globalization and information lead to the formation of the political field, a fundamentally new quality and scale.
- increase in the number of subjects - applicants for the possession of the main political resource - power.
- development of scientific thought, the emergence of new concepts for understanding the world, offering their interpretations.
On the basis of these factors and the works of recognized theorists can formulate the quintessential definition of "political activities": it is a social activity of political actors - various associations, classes, ethnic groups, nations - about the defense of their collective interests, the introduction or retention of social benefits, the revivalany social values.
For the purposes of determining the motives of political activity should reflect the specific figure deficit values of social groups whose interests he defends.It forms the defense of the collective interests of ideology and becomes the foundation for the formation of political parties.
formal political parties aimed at resolving important social complexities of a particular social group, therefore, voting for the party in the elections, the citizen expects to defend its interests.Activity party can meet the expectations of a citizen only if the political power will be used by all its members exclusively for the achievement of public interest objectives.
but voters vote for the union, described in his election program current problems and ways to solve them.But in fact the power of getting politicians who, in addition to the public interest to have personal goals, and it is understandable their human nature.And political activity of man is dependent on its subjective interests and needs.
choice that turns out to be the man who came to power, can be described as an allegory: sow a field of grain and expect germination to all collective farms, or buy bread, to the end of life was enough to his family.Risk of a thunderstorm economic crisis makes the choice of "collective farmer" obvious and the lack of legal force from the election program creates a certain convenience.
