Modern russian Political elitology: Paradigmatic and inclusive Perspectives of development

The article analyzes the development of political — elitist (elitological) thought as a special paradigm in political science. Its specificity lies in the representation of the most significant subjective trigger of the political process. The authors consider the main points of the development of political elitology in modern Russia. Special attention is paid to the Rostov Scientific School of Political Elitology. The most significant scientific provisions and characteristics proposed within the framework of this school are highlighted: the civilizational conditionality of elitogenesis; the principle of elitological paradigmatization in political science; proto-elite status of the modern elite-forming process; factors of elite marginalization; new trends of the elite-forming process; the role of postmodern methodology in modern elitology.