Pragmatic foundations of political and legal institutions functioning
The specificity of political and legal institutions as structures that set and determine the vectors of social development predetermines the appeal to their pragmatic foundations. Through an appeal to the concepts of the classics, the ideological utilitarian foundation of pragmatic foundations is considered. Further, the author turns to examples showing the instrumental capabilities of the institutions under consideration in solving applied problems. At the end of the work, the decisive role of political and legal institutions in the modernization development of societies is proved.