Abstract
<jats:p>This article devotes the problem of expanding the conceptual space of transformation processes in the current context of socioeconomic turbulence felt worldwide. Two sources of this turbulence are identified. First, a new surge in scientific and technological progress has disrupted the law of techno-humanitarian balance, which stipulates that the sustainable development of society requires a correspondence between the level of cultural and psychological regulation of social relations and the state of technological potential. The second source of turbulence is the ongoing process of post-socialist transformation in many countries. An explanation for these processes does not fit into the linear frameworks of hybrid regimes. Acemoglu / Robinson, on the one hand, and Magyar / Madlovic, on the other, have proposed two-dimensional frameworks for analyzing conceptual spaces. However, Magyar / Madlovic's triangular framework is limited to the area of European post-socialist countries, and one of Acemoglu / Robinson's Leviathans does not fit into their framework adequately. The article proposes a quadrangular framework for the space of transformation processes, which also includes room for development options missed in triangular frameworks.</jats:p>