Abstract

Political parties are the result of the historical development of their respective states, but at the same time they are influenced by various accompanying factors – social, cultural, national, economic, and others. This is especially evident in the transitional societies of Eastern countries, where it is not so much a specific type of property that stimulates the emergence of the corresponding political superstructure, but rather the authorities themselves actively begin to shape an appropriate type of property and a new socio-economic structure of the transitional society.
Another significant factor is that the formation of a new party-political structure in these countries is associated with a particular type of charismatic leadership, primarily generated by the influence of traditional paternalism on the political culture of the masses. Moreover, in the conditions of a transitional society, there remains a risk of increasing the degree of centralization of power as a means to preserve political stability. However, excessive centralization of state and party apparatus leads to tendencies toward authoritarianism, bureaucratization, corruption, and, most importantly, creates a risk of altering the vector of development.
In this regard, analyzing the characteristics and nature of the influence of Kazakhstan’s party system on the state and civil society allows for the identification of prospects and key trends in the further political modernization of the country. An important aspect is also the assessment of the resilience and adaptability of parties within the changing political and socio-economic context, which directly affects the quality and effectiveness of democratic processes in the country.