Comparison of cultural and political legitimation strategies in Germany and Ukraine

Comparación de estrategias de legitimación cultural y política en Alemania y Ucrania

• Nataliia Zlenko Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Sumy, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-4336
• Johannes Crückeberg Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6850-1168

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4177.00

Keywords: legitimization, cultural and political strategy, foreign policy, democratic values, social significance

Abstract

Along with the economic and defence sectors, the cultural and political sphere is an indicator of the state’s authority on the world stage. A country’s success in this area depends on the population’s understanding of the government’s appropriate actions. Therefore, a balanced strategy of cultural and political legitimization of the state not only justifies the government’s activities for citizens, but also solves a number of socio-economic problems. The study identified the main existing approaches to the classification of state policy models in the cultural and political sphere, as well as countries that are typical representatives of each model. The concept of legitimization is defined and its constituent elements are determined. The subjects and objects of legitimization in the cultural and political sphere were clarified, and the author’s definition of the concept of cultural and political legitimization strategy was proposed. The main characteristics of cultural and political legitimization strategies are described with a view to the historical aspects of development and the current state. The strategies of these countries and the main directions of further development of culture and politics were compared.

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