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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Studies in Law and Politics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Studies in Law and Politics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Russian Studies in Law and Politics</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2576-9634</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2998-8284</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Science and Innovation Center Publishing House</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">492598</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.12731/2576-9634-2026-10-3-285</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">RNBPUR</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Частно-правовые науки</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Private Law Sciences</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Postulating political identity as a mechanism to promote social justice</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Постулирование политической идентичности в качестве механизма укрепления социальной справедливости</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1167-6378</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4468-8616</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Алехина</surname><given-names>Екатерина Сергеевна</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Alekhina</surname><given-names>Ekaterina S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, доцент, доцент кафедры «Процессуальное право»</p> <p> </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor in the Department of Procedural Law</p> <p> </p></bio><email>Ket_as@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ФГБОУ ВО «Донской государственный технический университет»</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Don State Technical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><content-language>ru</content-language><pub-date date-type="preprint" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-30"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-30"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>79</fpage><lpage>99</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-07-27"><day>27</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-09-02"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date></history><pub-history><event event-type="received"><event-desc>Received:<date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-07-27"><day>27</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date></event-desc></event><event event-type="accepted"><event-desc>Accepted:<date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-09-02"><day>02</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></date></event-desc></event><event event-type="pub"><event-desc>Published:<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-09-30"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2026</year></pub-date></event-desc></event></pub-history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, E.S. Alekhina</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Е.С. Алехина</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">E.S. Alekhina</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Е.С. Алехина</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rcsi.science/2576-9634/article/view/492598">https://journals.rcsi.science/2576-9634/article/view/492598</self-uri><self-uri content-type="application/pdf" xlink:href="492598/492598-1276382-1-SM.pdf" xlink:title="PDF" xml:lang="ru">492598/492598-1276382-1-SM.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Background. This article is devoted to issues of political and social identity related to the political practice of the state and its ideology opposed to other group identities. Despite the fundamental importance of the identification of an individual with a certain group, in the context of globalization and the international struggle for power one question remains unresolved whether such attitudes lead to the strengthening of social justice or disorganize it. In this regard the subject of the research is the methodology for implementing the principles of political identity as axiological foundations for strengthening social justice.</p> <p>Purpose. The purpose of the research is to analyze strategies for achieving political identity, which make it possible to systematize social phenomena and organizational mechanisms that are able to put into practice socially significant potential for achieving social, legal and managerial objectivity.</p> <p>Methodology. The methodological base of the study includes analytical and organizational approaches, psychological and socio-constructionist approaches to describing the concept of identity, the principle of political construction of social identities, as well as a comparative method for measuring meaningful principles of building political identity.</p> <p>Results. The problems of associating political identity with power dominance ideology can be resolved through asserting the paradoxical nature of identity as the foundation of national individualization making the social life of the group meaningful, structured, and authentic. Balance and social justice in such society can be achieved by maintaining the rights and freedoms of citizens, preserving cultural values and traditions, as well as fostering a nationwide desire for effective social, political and economic activities.</p> <p>Practical implications. The results of the study can be applied in the sphere of socio-political design of practical programs and initiatives of socio-political identity.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Обоснование. Данная статья посвящена вопросам политической и социальной идентичности, связанной с политической практикой государства и его идеологией в противовес другим групповым идентичностям. Не смотря на фундаментальную значимость отождествления индивида с определенной группой, в условиях глобализации и международной борьбы за власть нерешенным остается вопрос о том, приводят ли подобные установки к укреплению социальной справедливости или дезорганизовывают ее. В этой связи предметом исследования является методология реализация принципов политической идентичности в качестве аксиологических основ укрепления социальной справедливости.</p> <p>Цель. Целью исследования является изучение стратегий достижения политической идентичности, позволяющих систематизировать социальные явления и организационные механизмы, которые способны реализовать общественно значимый потенциал для достижения социальной, правовой и управленческой объективности.</p> <p>Методология проведения работы. Методологическая база исследования включает в себя аналитические и организационные подходы, психологический и социально-конструкционистский подходы к описанию понятия идентичности, принцип политического конструирования социальных идентичностей, а также компаративистский метод измерения содержательных принципов выстраивания политической идентичности.</p> <p>Результаты. Проблемы отождествления политической идентичности с идеологией доминирования власти могут быть разрешены посредством утверждения парадоксальной природы идентичности в качестве фундамента национальной индивидуализации, что делает социальную жизнь группы осмысленной, структурированной и аутентичной. Равновесие и социальная справедливость в таком обществе достигается поддержанием прав и свобод граждан, сохранением культурных ценностей и традиций, а также воспитанием общенационального стремления к эффективной социальной, политической и экономической деятельности.</p> <p>Область применения результатов. Результаты исследования могут быть применены в сфере социально-политического проектирования практических программ и инициатив социально-политической идентичности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>политическая идентичность</kwd><kwd>социальная справедливость</kwd><kwd>групповая консолидация</kwd><kwd>социокультурные ценности</kwd><kwd>этническая идентичность</kwd><kwd>глобализация</kwd><kwd>зашита прав меньшинств</kwd><kwd>политическая идеология</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>political identity</kwd><kwd>social justice</kwd><kwd>group consolidation</kwd><kwd>sociocultural values</kwd><kwd>ethnic identity</kwd><kwd>globalization</kwd><kwd>protection of minority rights</kwd><kwd>political ideology</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Alkhanova, V. L. (2018). The psychoanalytic conception of the phenomenon of identity. 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