THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE MODERN POLITICAL PROCESS: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE STUDY

Abstract

This article analyzes the role of entrepreneurship in the modern political process. The key idea is that in a post-industrial society, entrepreneurship not only acts as a driving force of economic development but also significantly determines the direction and dynamics of the political process. The political process is characterized as a complex dynamic state of the political system, allowing for a comprehensive analysis of entrepreneurial activity in the context of modern political actors. This has significant methodological importance for the study of various political phenomena, institutions, and processes. It is stated that the modern political process is impossible without the participation of economic elites, who today influence the content and nature of politics. In post-industrial society, personal development is seen as a key to progress and rapid economic and political growth. Entrepreneurial activity serves as an important mechanism of social adaptation, which, according to the author, most effectively ensures the mutual development of both society and the individual. Based on the analysis of views on entrepreneurship formed in Western socio-political and economic thought, it has been established that entrepreneurship concepts occupied a somewhat peripheral place in both classical economic theory and political thought. Gradually, scholars identified entrepreneurship as a separate, independent economic activity and assigned it a specific role in both political and economic processes. The dialectical-materialist and neoliberal paradigms have been identified as the conceptual foundations for studying the interaction between entrepreneurship and power in the functioning of the political process in post-industrial society. The comparison of these approaches has provided a comprehensive analysis of how entrepreneurship and power interact in modern society, where economic and political processes are intertwined.