A.A. Borisenkov Political relations – functions of the political organism ’s components.

Abstract: In this article, the nature and forms of political relations, their connection to political life and their significance for political development, are studied. Revealing political activity as the precondition of political relations, the author substantiates the conclusion that, in their nature, political relations are a form of political life which constitutes the functional basis of the political organism. The most important forms of political relations which correlate and supplement each other are represented by governance and opposition. Being the base forms of political relations within a democratic government, they serve as the most important functions of the political organism. They exist in mutual connection and are compulsory for the political process to exist. Other forms of political relations exist along with them, complicating the political organism. Defining political relations allows us to formulate the universal political developmentconsistency, which is formed by their interactions.

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