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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">197</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Modern trends in the functioning of the political elites in a democracy (for example, Italy)</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Modern trends in the functioning of the political elites in a democracy (for example, Italy)</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Kondrashev</surname><given-names>Kirill S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kondrashev</surname><given-names>Kirill S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>kirill-kondrashev@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff252" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff252"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Astrakhan State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub"><year>2013</year></pub-date><issue>3</issue><fpage>241</fpage><lpage>246</lpage><history /><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/3/article/197">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2013/issue/3/article/197</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/3(36)/241-246.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/3(36)/241-246.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>The second half of XX century is characterized by the development of social relations, which involves a change in the structure of political elites, the emergence of new types of elites, their active engagement, new factors influencing the political sphere as a whole. However, they have both positive and negative effects. An example of this factor may be mediatization policy. Also the communication methods of elites and the masses are changing, which is caused by the need to adapt the political elite to the new conditions. In the framework of campaign communication strategies are especially important to win votes.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The second half of XX century is characterized by the development of social relations, which involves a change in the structure of political elites, the emergence of new types of elites, their active engagement, new factors influencing the political sphere as a whole. However, they have both positive and negative effects. An example of this factor may be mediatization policy. Also the communication methods of elites and the masses are changing, which is caused by the need to adapt the political elite to the new conditions. In the framework of campaign communication strategies are especially important to win votes.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>the political elites</kwd><kwd>democracy</kwd><kwd>mediatization</kwd><kwd>communication strategy</kwd><kwd>media</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>power</kwd><kwd>the political elites</kwd><kwd>democracy</kwd><kwd>mediatization</kwd><kwd>communication strategy</kwd><kwd>media</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement /></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement /></funding-group></article-meta></front><body /><back><ref-list /></back></article>