Fig. 1.3. Policy functions

1. Function of maintenance of integrity and stability of a society. The policy carries out this function thanks to ability to catch a tendency of public progress and in the tideway of these tendencies to formulate overall aims, to develop future projects, to define social reference points, finding for their realisation necessary resources. The policy can offer variants of the desirable future to which politically significant interests of groups are presented, layers, individuals, the state in the event that it is capable to integrate socially non-uniform groups.

2. Function of mobilisation and maintenance of efficiency of the general activity.Besides a formulation of the purposes forward razvi -

тия, the policy provides their realisation by creation of the motivational mechanism, giving to the individual effective possibilities for satisfaction of its social requirements, changes of its social status by means of the power.

3. Administrative and регулятивная policy function. The policy not only expresses imperiously significant interests and requirements of various groups of a society, but also provides their interaction, impact by acceptance of political decisions makes on their. Influencing interests of groups, the policy operates social processes and regulates them, using social compulsion

And violence.

4. Rationalisation function.Зримо representing group and individual interests, the policy develops the general rules and mechanisms of their representation and realisation. Thereby the policy rationalises conflicts and contradictions, warns them or in a civilised way resolves.

5. Function of political socialisation.Opening ample opportunities of realisation of group and individual interests, the policy includes the person in social relations, passing on it experience and skills of converting activity, effective performance of roles and functions.

6. Humanitarian function. This function is expressed in creation of guarantees of the rights and personal freedoms, maintenance of a public order, the civil world and organisation.

Successful performance by a policy of all listed functions guarantees continuity and поступательность in society development.