Дослідження локальних ідентичностей у працях українських вчених

Abstract

The works of Ukrainian scholars who study local political identity are investigated in the present article. Local identity holds a special place in the structure of political identity affecting the political consciousness and behaviour of local territorial communities, the development of political processes and institutions at the local and regional levels. It is local identity that is primary in the hierarchy of territorial political identities (regional or national), develops the skills of political participation, specifies the features of the political culture within the territorial community. The trends in the study of local political identity in the modern Ukrainian political science are considered: - theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of local identities: concepts, characteristics of the main categories of territorial identities, methodology of study (H. Korzhov, H. Nosova and N. Mikhno); - problems of formation of local identities of united territorial communities, as a necessary condition for their effective development: mechanisms, factors and potential, practices (Ya. Kotenko and A. Tkachuk, N. Natalenko, O. Vrublevsky, O. Dancheva, A. Seitosmanov and E. Chubarov); - territorial identities in the context of the formation of subsidiary democracy, democratic political culture (M. Bryl, T. Panchenko, I. Lutsiuk and S. Matvienkiv); - study of features, factors and mechanisms of formation of local identities of Ukrainian cities, their socio-cultural differences and the level of inclusion in the national process (T. Bevz, O. Zorich, M. Karmazina, O. Musiiezdov, N. Rotar and H. Fesenko). Nevertheless, Ukrainian academic community still is not aware about many issues related to the study of local political identities. Therefore, there are still some relevant research areas: the further study of foreign experience in the formation of local identities; the role of local identity in the formation of social capital of the territory, social solidarity and responsibility; study of local political identity as a factor and resource of territorial development, etc.