Party competition and party hierarchy: from classical interpretations to modern Russian cases

The article is devoted to understanding such important processes of partogenesis as party competition and party hierarchy, based on the theoretical and methodological ideas of M. Duverger and R. Dahl. The phenomenological and institutional resources of competition and hierarchy are considered, both in terms of general objective circumstances and in terms of environmental factors. The alignment of the hierarchy of modern parliamentary parties of the Russian Federation is traced. A political analysis of three party-competitive cases, which are carried out in modern party competition and party hierarchy, is carried out. «Party patriotism» is nominated as an ideological and program complex of the unity of political parties in support of the state and power. The problematic aspects of party competition and party hierarchy and factors of their possible transformation are revealed.

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