The normative subsystem of the political system of society is a set of existing norms and rules of conduct, instruments of influence on decision-making and traditions of political domination. As a basic principle, such norms and rules of conduct are accepted by all parties involved in political action. Thus, all actors a priori agree with the approved “rules of the game”, which remain unchanged in any conflict situations, and therefore are enshrined in key legal acts: the constitution and constitutional laws. The revision of legitimate norms means a revolution - the rejection of old and the adoption of new legal, ethical, cultural and religious standards of behavior.
During the period of its own reformatting, the normative subsystem of the political system ceases to perform its functions, namely:
- Providing direct social communication between elementspolitical system, institutions, social groups, elites and individual citizens. It must be understood that any normative subsystem of the political system, although it has a religious and ethical foundation, is an integral and self-developing structure that actually determines the boundaries of the political construction of society being erected. It is on how the relationship between the subelements of the political system is established that its performance and prospects depend.
- The functionality of the subsystem determines the principles for the existence of all elements of the political system, from the election procedure and the formation of the bureaucracy to standardized rules for the life of political institutions. Business continuity means having an entrenched political model. And vice versa - if the normative subsystem of the political system fails, then this means that it is time to make certain adjustments to the dominant political structure of society.
- The cultural-value subsystem, in turn, is responsible for the functionality of indirect factors influencing people's behavior. First of all, we are talking about historically established moral and cultural values that underlie legal norms and constitutional legislation. Separately, it is necessary to mention the norms of work ethics, it is its principles that determine the prospects for the economic and social development of society.
Let's say the gap between the values of the elite and society, the self-government of institutions, the isolation of the latter from the will (expressed primarily in elections) of citizens threatens to revise the approved normative rules and requirements. In the case when the normative subsystem of the political system works properly and without visible systemic failures, the political building of society is elegant and extremely simple.
Thus, the elements of the normative subsystem of the political system are traditions, customs, normative rules and standards of behavior, as well as laws and other legal acts that regulate the political activities of people and social communities. The construction of politics does not arise from scratch, it is rooted in the mentality of society. That is why not always the same political standards adopted by one community can be transformed into a completely different society. The functionality of the system in this sense is always historically gained by several generations of citizens.
