Characteristics of Political and Social Conflicts

Political conflicts are a special type of social relations, it is revealed through their functions. Itshould not be forgotten that the place and role of conflict in the life activity of this or that person, socialgroup, organization and society as a whole is of great importance. Ultimately, the fate of democracy isdetermined by whether it can create a modern mechanism for solving development problems, in otherwords, it is necessary not only to ensure economic development, but also to realize the principle of fairdistribution of public goods. The article discusses the problems of implementing political modernizationin the context of various crises and conflicts, the objective and subjective factors that determine thisprocess. First of all, the essence and characteristics of institutional crises and crises of politicalparticipation are revealed, a comparative analysis of the concepts of political and social conflict isattempted, and the parties and subjects of the conflict are revealed. The author also tries to determinethe relationship between political conflicts and political modernization in the article.Keywords: