POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE MODERN RUSSIAN SOCIETY: THE GENDER DIMENSION

Abstract

This article reviews the modern political process, which is characterized by a significant impact on the personal qualities of the leaders of the formation and functioning of political power. The author analyzes the problem of the existence of a certain point in the establishment of career women in the sphere of state authority and administration, above which only a few can rise the so-called "glass ceiling". The article also highlights the urgent need to enhance the leadership potential of women, which clearly illustrates the formed now in the government gender pyramid, which is characterized, as we have noted, the predominance of men in top positions in the power hierarchy, and women to lower.