Political business investment as a category of political science: theoretical versions in the modern Russian context

The article proposes a conceptual model of political investment of business, which reflects the political and economic realities of the modern Russian state. In the conditions of unprecedented external pressure on the national economy, political investment by representatives of business circles at the federal and regional levels is one of the effective tools that contribute to the strengthening of internal dialog between society and government represented by public institutions. Also, political investment provides an increase in stability and investment attractiveness of the economy as a whole, reduces the riskiness and corruption component. The author of the article proposes as an initial theoretical and methodological platform for the meaningful disclosure of political investment as a category of political science analysis the classical concept of corporation, which is historically linked to the concept of civil society. The central idea that political investment expresses is the mediation of private and public interests. 

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