Problem of Political Elite Influence on Institutional Transformation: Methodological Base of the Model

The article is dedicated to the search of methods of agreement two paradigms: new institutionalism and the theory of elites. These paradigms determine the studies how political elite influences on the institutional transformation process. Informal model in the form of researching algorithm is proposed in the article. This algorithm defines several factors of the model such as mismatching of formal institutions and informal practices, possession of resources and political elite features.

political elite, institutions, transformation, political resources, informal practices