Abstract

Today, writing a book about power and politics in contemporary Bulgaria is not at all easy because the author would most likely be accused of using the circumstances in a contextual way. This, however, has not prevented prof. Dimitar Dimitrov to provoke his creative audacity in the development of his new monograph on this subject. A careful reading of the book inevitably leads us to the fundamental idea of what constitutes power and politics in modern sociological and political science. And it should be noted that it (the idea) permeates the author's analytical reflections, answering a number of key questions, such as: what is the nature of power and what is its attraction; how does political power fit as the core of the structure of the political system; how far does this power extend in the unfolding of the political process; what is the subject area of the sociology of politics; what is the place of political parties and elites in our modernity; the extent to which political leaders are prepared to participate effectively in political processes, responding to the bold challenges of globalisation, etc.