легитимность власти

The author considers two main interpretations of the information’s role in electoral procedures’ fulfilment in contemporary Russia and substantiates his own point of view that a great deal of competing electoral subjects’ information influence on voters forms a feeling of predetermined outcome of the elections and significantly decreases citizens’ motivation to take part in voting.

The article describes main theoretical and methodological approaches of economic category «efficiency» usage for evaluation of the state authority legitimacy and its individual institutions. The efficiency and its application limitations were examined. We concluded that in order to ensuring objectivity of analysis this term should be removed from ideological context.