Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Социология.
Российский университет дружбы народов.
2005.
С. 114-123
One of the main features of political socialization in contemporary Russia is its devotion to the soviet traditions in forming political consciousness and behaviour of Russian citizens. The article claims that Russian democrats made two mistakes: on the one hand, they neglected positive achievements of soviet period, on the other hand - they adopted the version of democracy that had already been criticized by its own authors, i.e. developed western democratic countries. The author stresses the necessity to examine new models of democracy such as "communicative democracy" by J. Habermas which seems to be the most appropriate for the contemporary situation both in Russia and worldwide.