LEADER AS A SUBJECT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF TRANSITION SOCIETY

Aleksey Radugin¹,  Boris Chernyshov²

¹Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Voronezh State Technical University,84, 20-letiya Oktyabya St., Voronezh, Russia, E-mail: aradugin@yandex.ru
²Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation,  1, Okhotny Ryad St., Moscow, Russia, E-mail: borischernishov@gmail.com

Abstract

The authors' task is on the basis of the analysis of the theory and practice of modernization, to find out its essence and develop an optimal model of modernization policy for transition societies. The article shows that the theory of modernization formulated on the basis of the ideology of Eurocentrism serves as an ideological tool for imposing on the political leaders of transition societies the strategies of catching-up modernization of society based on the values ​​of Western culture. The authors of the article prove that the political leaders of transition societies are able to develop their own original paradigm of social development - innovative self-development. The strategy of innovative self-development can be qualified as the third type of modernization policy. Its implementation by political leaders opens up wide opportunities for the development of transition societies on the principles of sovereignty.

Keywords: political leader, social transformation, modernization, transition society, innovative self-development.