The formation of contours of the phenomenon of the political elite in the context of methodological triangulation

The political elite in modern elitology is studied through the prism of multidirectional concepts, each of which provides its own markers for delineating the boundaries of elitism. The author considers the problems of shaping the contours of the phenomenon of the political elite in the evolutionary development of approaches, examines the life cycle processes peculiar to elite groups. It is concluded that there are universal properties as well as concepts justifying them, a study of more specific local features has been conducted, and a corpus of relevant techniques has been disclosed. Having proposed a triad of cluster properties in the context of methodological triangulation, the author highlights the process of aggregation of a more valid integral set of characteristics of political elites.