Social Processes In Society Research Articles

Students' participation in social networks' conflicts (based on the materials of a sociological study of Barnaul universities)

In the modern world, there is a significant number of collisions in the Internet space, which occur not only in interpersonal communication online, but also on various social networks with a large number of participants. Almost any social network that supports the function of discussion, commenting on the information provided, allows you to observe a number of pre-conflict and conflict situations. Despite the fact that the space in which communication takes place is virtual, the consequences of conflicts in it can be more than real, both for an individual and for a number of participants. Conflict situations can have an impact on the daily life of opponents and collectively affect social processes in society. In his work, the author studies in depth the nature of conflicts in social networks. The study was implemented through a quantitative method of collecting information – a survey in the form of a questionnaire. The general totality of the study was made up of students from Barnaul who are users of social networks. The study was conducted using a selective method. The sample totals 367 respondents. The sample size was determined by the capabilities of the researcher. A single-stage sampling was used, the selection unit was specific students. According to the results of the study, the following conclusions were made. Firstly, the vast majority of students use social networks every day, but only half of them have participated or are involved in conflicts. Secondly, students most often conflict on social networks with strangers and in community comments. Thirdly, trolling is still one of the important problems of social networks. A significant part of the (interviewed) students became victims of trolls. Fourth, most of the conflicts in social networks in which students participate are short-lived and occur through verbal debates. Fifth, most students choose a more "peaceful" behavior strategy. Sixth, many students determine the beginning of a conflict in a social network by negative emotions from interaction and consider the presence of physical distance to be the main feature of the described conflicts.

PROBLEMS OF EXECUTION OF ADDITIONAL PUNISHMENTS IN THE APPOINTMENT OF PUNISHMENT

The task of building a legal democratic state and forming a free civil society based on the development of a market economy enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, it presupposes the need to develop the economic and socio-political spheres of our country, to further deepen reforms and the need to make certain amendments to the legislative sphere. Criminal punishment is established through criminal legislation in accordance with the will of the people of Uzbekistan. The inevitability of responsibility for crime is a specific way of influencing social processes in society by criminal law, which, in turn, regulates the morality of the individual. Therefore, this article will discuss the appointment of punishment and the factors affecting it. In particular, the problems of execution of additional penalties are mentioned in the appointment of a penalty.

Учет особенностей преступности несовершеннолетних в профилактической деятельности полиции

The article points out the shortcomings in the activities of the police for the prevention of group offenses of minors. Among them are the following: prevention does not take into account the changing subject of activity of groups of juvenile offenders depending on social processes in society, as well as the changing system of communication links in these communities, the transition from real contacts between group members to virtual communication using digital technologies; prevention is focused mainly on small and unstable groups of juvenile delinquents, the specifics of communication links and the subject of criminal activity of stable criminal groups are not taken into account; police bodies do not interact enough with other subjects of general and special prevention of juvenile delinquency, primarily in terms of information exchange; police activities are focused mainly on supervising the activities of members of groups consisting of on preventive accounting; low activity of police officers to identify adults who involve underage members of groups in committing crimes and antisocial actions. These shortcomings in the activities of the police predetermined the relevant proposals to improve the prevention of group crimes of minors, which include the following. 1. Police officers should take into account the subject of activity of groups of juvenile offenders changing under the influence of social processes in society in order to determine the priorities of preventive impact. 2. The police should be focused not only on working with ordinary groups of juvenile offenders (unstable and small in number), but also with stable criminal groups that are focused mainly on committing mercenary crimes and that are resistant to preventive effects. 3. Police bodies should interact more intensively with other subjects of general and special prevention of juvenile delinquency, primarily in terms of information exchange. This allows the police to more fully present the properties of groups of juvenile offenders who are an independent and specific object of prevention, to implement preventive measures agreed with these subjects. 4. The activities of the police should not be limited to registering groups of juvenile offenders, supervising their participants who are on preventive registration, and conducting preventive conversations with them. It is necessary to use all forms of preventive influence provided for by Article 17 of Federal Law No. 182-FZ of June 23, 2016 "On the basics of the system of crime prevention in the Russian Federation" within the limits of their powers. 5. Police officers need to step up their activities to identify and bring to criminal responsibility adults who involve underage members of groups in committing crimes and anti-social actions.

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Abstract. Introduction. The article considers the concept of public audit in housing and communal services as a living mechanism that should consist of experts who can professionally and impartially observe and evaluate social processes in society and provide an adequate assessment of the situation in various situations. Purpose. The introduction of new criteria for the provision of social services in the field of housing and communal services will contribute to increasing the transparency of the use of budget resources and will help the population to resume a new dialogue with state authorities. Results. The international experience of reforming and the methodology of conducting public audits in housing and communal services are analyzed using the cases of England, Germany, the United States of America, France, and the Netherlands. Following the changes and the need to reform the public audit field in housing and utilities/services, recommendations were given. Also, the importance of introducing a transparent public audit is indicated because it will build new relations between the public and public authorities in Ukraine's housing and communal services. The article states the need for additional criteria when conducting a public audit in the field of housing and communal services/services. After all, the post-war stage of the development of public audit in the field of housing and communal services should be located not only at the level of control of certain public entities, mass media, but also at the level of special public and state bodies, which will be endowed with relevant functions, the main of which will be planning, coordination, control over the implementation of reforms and the proper and effective implementation of the set goals and objectives, in accordance with the approved strategies at different levels of government. Conclusions. The important role of introducing a transparent public audit belongs to local state authorities, because it will build new relations between the public and the public sphere. However, such implementation should be accompanied by reform based on international practices, taking into account the specifics of legislation and modern realities.

Анализ моделей экосистем в ракурсе социальной деполяризации в обществе

Today, a technocratic approach to the term of ecosystem has become entrenched in the consciousness of society, which is associated with the image of a set of technological platforms, usually digital, providing products and services to the client in a one-stop shop format. However, the natural origin of the concept of ecosystem dictates the use of a different approach based on the interaction within the ecosystem of the subsystem of living and inanimate nature, including humans, and the inorganic environment in the form of a socio-economic subsystem, as a result of which the ecosystem is able to provide society with so-called ecosystem services. Developing the hypothesis of the nature-like essence of social processes in society, the authors put forward the idea that the highest form of ecosystem organization will be a model of a socio-political super ecosystem, or ecosystem of ecosystems, in which the transition to a self-organizing, self-regulating, self-developing ecosystem is realized, created according to the model of a political network. Interdependent ecosystems, organizations and groups of citizens with the coordinating role of the parent provider organization, interact with each other to ensure the achievement of a socially significant strategic priority. In such a super ecosystem, a unified state goal-setting, common moral, ethical and value attitudes of ecosystem actors, along with the possibility of achieving mutual benefit of participants and citizens from socially significant ecosystem activities  will allow maintaining a low level of social tension in society, and thereby prevent the emergence of foci of group social polarization.

Review of Viktor Ivanovych Shpak’s reference book Terminological Dictionary Of Publishing Business: Editor’s Book

The article is devoted to identifying the main trends in the development of communication processes in Ukraine in the context of global socio-cultural transformations. The relevance of the study is about determinating of great changes in social and cultural life in the world in a global context. The article deals with the issues of cultural communication and social processes in society. The mechanisms of interaction and inter-influence of culture and communication are deferred and scientific approaches that reflect a large number of aspects in different directions in the field of cultural and communication researches are characterised. On the basis of an analysis of the modern process of cultural and social development in the world, it has done an attempt to determine the place of Ukraine in this process and the ways of cultural and social changes in Ukraine.The use of new technologies for Ukraine has contributed to the expansion of the national information area, to the involvement of broad sections of the population in the world cultural and information processes, to the progressive acquisition of new scientific knowledge, and cultural and leisure practices, to the democratization of society as a whole. However, the openness of the national information space leads to the spread of standardised forms of culture and extremely powerful foreign information flows, which poses a threat to Ukraine’s national security in the context of its very weak presence in the world media. The study has also concluded that the great importance of European experience in different areas of communication, especially in connecting national and cosmopolitan aspects in social life in Ukraine.

ПРОЯВЛЕНИЯ ОСНОВНЫХ ФУНКЦИЙ ИЗОБРАЗИТЕЛЬНОГО ИСКУССТВА В ДЕТСКОМ ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОМ ТВОРЧЕСТВЕ

The article analyzes the main functions of art in relation to children's artistic creativity. Children's visual activity is not a conscious creative act, but a result of a naive worldview. Therefore, it is important to study the characteristics of perception from a psychological point of view in order to understand the mechanism of its influence on the emergence of a creative message in preschool children. The psychological basis of artistic creativity and its motivation is the aesthetic attitude to the world, which is a dominant personal characteristic of the individual and manifests itself in his or her work. The article touches upon the problems of visual perception associated with life experience and notes the spontaneity of children's creativity. Particular attention is paid to the functions of art, how they appear in children's art and what role they play in their formation and development. The article deals with cognitive educational, value-oriented, aesthetic, hedonistic functions in the light of children's artwork. The author comes to the conclusion that artistic inclinations exist in everyone, but most brightly and spontaneously they are manifested in children. The images created in the unconscious are an important part of understanding social processes in society. The process of cognition of reality plays an important role in the development of creativity. Children's art vividly displays the aesthetic sense, the sense of rhythm, colour and shape. Children are able to transfer their visual observations to the realm of visual arts.

On the problems of cultural communication in the context of world development

The article is devoted to identifying the main trends in the development of communication processes in Ukraine in the context of global socio-cultural transformations. The relevance of the study is about determinating of great changes in social and cultural life in the world in a global context. The article deals with the issues of cultural communication and social processes in society. The mechanisms of interaction and inter-influence of culture and communication are deferred and scientific approaches that reflect a large number of aspects in different directions in the field of cultural and communication researches are characterised. On the basis of an analysis of the modern process of cultural and social development in the world, it has done an attempt to determine the place of Ukraine in this process and the ways of cultural and social changes in Ukraine.The use of new technologies for Ukraine has contributed to the expansion of the national information area, to the involvement of broad sections of the population in the world cultural and information processes, to the progressive acquisition of new scientific knowledge, and cultural and leisure practices, to the democratization of society as a whole. However, the openness of the national information space leads to the spread of standardised forms of culture and extremely powerful foreign information flows, which poses a threat to Ukraine’s national security in the context of its very weak presence in the world media. The study has also concluded that the great importance of European experience in different areas of communication, especially in connecting national and cosmopolitan aspects in social life in Ukraine.

СУЧАСНА МЕДІЙНА ЕТИКА: ПРОБЛЕМИ І ВИКЛИКИ

The article analyzes the ethical issues of modern media with its projection on the conceptual disposition of classical (Kantian) ethics and new ethics. The ethical component in Oswald Spengler's concept of the history of philosophy ("The Decline of the West") is considered, in particular the thesis about shifting the center in scientific analysis from abstract and systematic to practical knowledge of the ethical nature of language and thinking. Attention is paid to non-linear views on the history of philosophy, the transformation of basic concepts in science, the "linguistic turn" in modern philosophy related to the pragmatics of natural language, which are important for understanding the evolution of ethical models of societies. Ethical dominants are considered through commensuration with human nature, in particular, its desire for freedom, the realization of aspirations in the categories of good and evil, the desire to change the world and evolve with it. Emphasis is placed on the ethical polyphony of modern societies and, at the same time, various manifestations of freedom that combine tradition and new models of world perception. Language communication, primarily in the media, whose principle of activity is based on informing and influencing, testifies to the complexity of the communicative situation. Legal criteria regarding the ethics of language communication, and cultural tradition, and real social processes in society can be as special regulations. The human evolves, society evolves, ethical values are transformed, that determine the current state and perspective of social communication.

Problems and prospects for the development of human rights journalism

The article is devoted to media coverage of human rights protection, namely the problems and prospects for the development of human rights journalism in Ukraine. Human protection, adherence to the fundamental principles enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Basic Law of Ukraine are the basis of freedom, justice and universal peace. Violation by the media of a wide range of media — from human integration and development in society to sensitive conflict issues, voices of people with disabilities, the elderly, vulnerable groups, etc. — shows adherence to democratic principles of statehood, humanism and freedom of speech. Advocacy or advocacy journalism is participatory journalism, and the journalist is a direct participant who seeks to protect those who find themselves in a difficult situation by changing the situation itself, resolving the conflict, andexpressing one’s own opinion. Today, with the intensification of social processes in society, socio-economic and environmental conflicts, emphasis should be placed on personal (civil, political, economic, social, cultural and environmental) rights and freedoms that ensure the right of everyone to a safe life, health, free access to information, the right to the state of the environment, the quality of food and household items, etc. For the development of human rights journalism, it would be appropriate to increase the number and quality of publications in the media, which cover the problems of all vulnerable groups (children, adolescents, people with disabilities, prisoners, women / men, gender, etc.), use correct terminology in accordance with human rights), the balance of authenticity and judgments from the facts is observed (the standard of separation of facts), the avoidance of hate speech, the materials of one’s own analysis prevail (without reprinting official press releases of the authorities). This study aims to increase the sensitivity of the media to socially vulnerable groups and the protection of human rights. One of the solutions to the problem is to highlight the problems and prospects for the development of human rights journalism in Ukraine. Strengthening the media to the standard of reliability through quality work with sources of information, the use of correct terminology and improving the performance of their own journalistic materials and is the most important in the development of human rights journalism.

Peculiarities of Higher Education Establishments Positioning on the Educational Services Market

The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the Higher Education Establishments (HEEs) positioning in the educational services market. Research Methodology. In order to effectively achieve the goal of the study, the author used an analytical method, which allowed to analyze and determine the features of the free economic zones positioning in the market of educational services. Scientific Novelty. The peculiarities of a Higher Education Establishments positioning on the market of educational services are revealed, the process of strategy development and conditions of effective positioning of free economic education is considered. Conclusions. Positioning is one of the key strategic decisions made while working in the education market. It ensures consistency and consistency of all operational decisions and actions, which allows forming an unambiguous market perception of the offer of Higher Education Establishments (HEEs). In modern conditions, when Higher Education Establishments are forced to work in market conditions, to compete for applicants, they should use strategies that allow them to be more competitive and efficient. This is the appeal to the use of market strategies, especially positioning strategies. However, positioning is not possible without the use of communication strategy, because in a wide range of educational services, the requirements for communication activities of the Higher Education Establishments are growing. The current situation has significantly affected the quality requirements for the educational process on the part of educational services consumers: the claims of entrants and students to the Higher Education Establishments have increased. Applicants are interested in the rating of Higher Education Establishments among the similar, the high-quality level of higher education. Applicants, as a rule, actively respond to the demand for specialists in the labour market. The greatest demand is for a limited number of priority specialities, the rating of which reflects the social processes in society indicates the prestige of some and the low popularity of other professions. Competition is growing, those who can flexibly respond to the demand for educational services and a high level of satisfaction of the educational needs of the individual survive. In this situation, it is considered necessary to consider the processes of positioning Higher Education Establishments as an element of communication strategy in the market of educational services.

Challenges and Threats to Russian Society in the Context of the Pandemic: Problems and Directions of Ensuring Social Security

In the context of the COVID-pandemic and the global economic crisis, qualitatively new global and national social challenges and threats are being formed. The scientific analysis of their state, destructive influence on political, economic and social processes in society, allows to formulate the directions and mechanisms of ensuring social security of the Russian society.

The occurrence of complex dialogue communication: patient – physician – IT manager

The rapid acceleration of social processes in society under the influence of digitalization affects the key areas of social life, including medicine. The author examines the impact of digital technologies on the provision of health care services and analyzes the nature of doctor-patient communication and its growing complexity. The use of high-tech software in medicine causes the need to create relevant educational programs for specialists either in medicine or information technology. Moreover, the digitalization of health care system makes the need in new professions more urgent. For instance, the appearance of IT-doctors, who specialize in creating digital medical programs using artificial intelligence algorithms based on medical sciences. The study reveals the emergence of a three-way communication «patient – physician – IT manager». The research dwells on the ambivalent impact of digitalization on the provision of health care services and the social stratification of individuals in society.

Communicative space of german-language social media

The last decades were marked by the rapid development of communication technologies and electronic communication. Formation and popularization of electronic communication have significantly changed the nature of communication system as well as fundamental essence of interpersonal and social communication. Social media created electronic communicative space reflecting essential social processes in society and global changes of the world scale. The impact of means and forms of electronic communication on society, culture and language generates considerable interest on the part of scientists. Both new communication reality and strengthening of social media’s evolution dynamics that turned into the influential source of information resulted in the proactive efforts of traditional media sources in social networks. The presence of public figures in social networks acts as a modern determinant of their professional activity and success. Social networks Facebook and Instagram, in particular, have changed the mechanisms of mass communication extending the boundaries of media influence on society and formation of public conscience and opinion. The density of information flow leads to the increase in texts’ number whereas technical specificity of electronic space determines the creation of certain text messages – electronic texts. Electronic texts represent the combination of verbal and paraverbal expressive means aimed at the transmission of relevant information, individual communicant’s worldview and his/her social identity. Conciseness of the text is a distinctive feature of electronic communication. However, the analysed texts of German messages taken from social networks Facebook and Instagram, in particular, differ in the volume of explicit information and structure that depend on the communicative purposes of the message. The further linguistic analysis of German social media opens up interesting opportunities for the study of electronic communication and polyfunctional socio-communicative space.

Онтологии, интерсубъективное управление и эвергетика В.А. Виттиха

This year we celebrated the 80th anniversary since the birth of the famous scientist, talented pedagogue, accomplished jazz musician and composer, professor Vittikh Vladimir Andreevitch. Successfully combining the style of scientific thinking and the breadth of creative flight, Vladimir Andreevitch in science, as well as in music, appreciated inspiration, excitement and improvisation. He was always full of new ideas and inspired his colleagues and disciples. The last years of his life the scientist dedicated to the formation and development of a new science about the management processes – evergetics that complements and expands the capabilities of the traditional systematic approach to the resolving the problem situations in the life of society. For the first time the article attempts to analyze the V.A. Vittikh’s theoretical legacy, considering the modern realities and ideas that are being laid in the model of a new economic order, better known as the superintelligent "Society 5.0". It is shown, that V.A. Vittikh anticipated a lot of things that are only now being reflected in the concept of "Society 5.0" and his innovative ideas can serve as a theoretical basis, a stepping-stone for overcoming the famous "five walls" on the way to the digital society of the future. It is noted that the desire to "digitalize" everything and everyone often happens in oblivion of what, or rather for the benefit of whom, the new information technologies should be created and used. In this sense, V.A. Vittikh's evergetics eliminates one of the most "bottlenecks" associated with the often weak adequacy of the decisions made to the realities of the life. At the same time the modern information and intelligent technologies, including ontological modeling and ontological data analysis form the technological basis of evergetics, providing a "conjugation" of the points of view of the participants in the decisionmaking process and a certain automation of their communicative actions. Examples of the first practical attempts to implement the main ideas and provisions of evergetics in the management of social processes in society are given.

MEDIATION IN THE SYSTEM OF PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES

The article is devoted to consideration of the basics of state-legal regulation of mediation. The purpose of the paper is to review and streamline the established criteria in the doctrine of civil law trends and approaches to defining the notion of protection of civil rights and protected by law interests, coverage of their heterogeneous and general nature to develop a holistic notion of ways to understand the concept and its classification, as well as the presentation of their own a vision of an optimal methodological basis for defining the notion of protecting civil rights and interests protected by law. Considered the model of mediation, as well asapproaches to the construction of the structure of mediation and mediation processes. The methodological bases of regulation of mediation and their realization in the present are analyzed. Areas of application of mediation are defined. Simulated mediation model. It has been established that the situation is well-known at the present time and it is proved that mediation is a process of joint settlement and conflict resolution. Its main components are some trends in the implementation of mediation in the world, the corresponding laws and related principles. The introduction of mediation in accordance with the requirements arising from the developed laws and principles, entirely depends on the conflicting parties. It is substantiated that tendencies of mediation agreement development are determined by the development and functioning of state regulation and social processes in society. But the main factor that influences the introduction of mediation is the state-legal system, which reflects all the facts that occur in the state and beyond. It is determined that mediation is the driving force behind dispute resolution. An optimal methodological basis for defining the notion of protecting civil rights and interests protected by law will be its integrative legal model, based on the protection of civil rights and law-protected interests as a state legal institution that should exist on the verge of procedural law, contain rules of private and public law , and accordingly, take into account the material and procedural aspects of the protection of civil rights and protected by the law interests and cover the material, procedural and procedural aspects of his elements, as well as combine static and dynamic protection states. Therefore, the state-legal system needs to be developed and successfully applied to achieve the peaceful regulation of disputes.

Основи державно-правового регулювання медіації

The article is devoted to consideration of the basics of state-legal regulation of mediation. The model of mediation, as well as approaches to building a mediation structure and mediation processes are considered. The methodological bases of regulation of mediation and their realization in the present are analyzed. Areas of application of mediation are defined. Simulated mediation model. It is proved that mediation is a process of joint regulation and conflict resolution. Its main components are some trends in the implementation of mediation in the world, the corresponding laws and related principles. The introduction of mediation in accordance with the requirements arising from the developed laws and principles, entirely depends on the conflicting parties It is substantiated that tendencies of mediation agreement development are determined by the development and functioning of state regulation and social processes in society. But the main factor that influences the introduction of mediation is the state-legal system, which reflects all the phenomena occurring in the state and beyond its borders It is determined that mediation is the driving force behind dispute resolution. Therefore, the state-legal system needs to be developed and successfully applied to achieve the peaceful regulation of disputes.

INFOCOMMUNICATION SUPPORT OF THE ACTORS’ COLLABORATION IN THE INTERSUBJECTIVE MANAGEMENT THEORY

Objectives. The theory of intersubjective management, designed to manage social processes in society, is aimed at achieving mutual understanding and consensus among heterogeneous actors united in self-organized communities. Actors who are aware of themselves in a problem situation (rather than just viewing it from the outside) are motivated to solve it, and joint decisions are made by the entire community of actors who are forced to negotiate with each other, realizing that their own resources are not enough to solve the problem. The use of modern information and communication technologies could allow to increase the effectiveness of the decision-making process and reduce its time, providing actors with the means of interacting each other in the process of seeking likeminded people, negotiating and reaching consensus. Therefore, the aim of the research is to find means of infocommunication support for the theory of intersubjective management which help to organize the interaction of actors who found themselves in difficult problem situations in everyday life.Method. The system approach, method of the comparative analysis are applied. For the purpose of better presentation the semantic mean of graphical visualization Free Mind is used.Result. The analysis of modern infocommunication facilities, the most popular among potential actors, is carried out and their comparison is made. The evaluation of the capabilities of all the analyzed means from the point of view of their suitability to the needs of intersubjective management is given. The choice of the most suitable infocommunication facility for use in the company "TBM-Povolzhje" is made.Conclusion. The analysis of infocommunication means allowed to present their wide spectrum for application in practice while using the theory of intersubjective management. The research was performed as part of the state budget theme "Intersubjective Management of Socio-technical Objects Innovative Development with the Use of Situations Ontological Models" (No. AAAA-A16-116040410061-0) of ICCS RAS.

ДІАГНОСТИКА СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ АКТИВНОСТІ МАЙБУТНІХ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ ПРАЦІВНИКІВ

It is analyzed in the article the general approaches to the problem of social activity of the individual. During research it is presented the various scientific approaches to the essence of the concept of “social activity”. That is a systemic social quality, a general characteristic of the individual, a complex structure. It is specified the term “social activity of future social workers”. It is understood as the integrative quality of the individual, based on the system of value orientations, target objects and manifested in an active life position. It is the desire to influence social processes in society. The activity is realized in a purposeful, conscious, socially meaningful activity. It is established that social activity is revealed in the system of needs, motives, guides, interests, which determine the implementation of certain actions. There are presented the substantive characteristics of social activity of students – future social workers. The complex of motives of activity, personality characteristics and appropriate skills. The purpose of scientific work is to present the results of an empirical study. The study is based on the diagnosis of social activity of students of ІI-IV courses – future social workers of Ternopil National Volodymyr Hnatyuk Pedagogical University. Diagnostics of social activity was carried out with the help of a set of techniques: the methodology of E. Stepanov for determining the level of social activity, L. Baiborodova methodology for determining the students’ motives regarding their participation in student self-government activities; M. Rozhkov methods for determining the level of social adaptability, activity, autonomy and moral education. The results of the diagnosis showed the predominance of students of forced and active-executive activity. It also showed the collectivist and personal motives, the average level of social activity and adaptability, and humanistic values.

Improvement of the Institutional Environment as the Conditions of the Effectiveness of the State Financial Policy of Social Development in Ukraine

The article reveals the essence of the institutional environment and generalizes the scientific approaches to its definition. It is shown that the dynamic development of all spheres of society’s life needs to take into account the state of the country institutional environment in the process of the state financial policy implementation. The social, economic and political institutions are outlined. Significant components of the institutional environment that form its segments in the context of influence on social processes in society are singled out. It is shown that in Ukraine, along with the instability of economic dynamics, high debt burden, increased openness of the economy and deepening of the processes of integration into the system of international economic relations, there is an aggravation of social problems and the probability of occurrence of social risks increases, which manifests itself in the existence of a number of social imbalances. The institutional aspects of the important components of the state financial policy ‒ the fiscal policy, which in the conditions of instability has more effective influence on social processes, in particular, in the aspect of neutralization of social instability risks, are determined. It was shown that in the conditions of a weak institutional environment there is a risk of increasing inefficient budget expenditures in connection with the implementation of the social function of the state, in particular, expenditures of social orientation. Moreover, under these conditions, increasing levels of funding will lead to increasingly inefficient spending, caused by the existence of institutional dysfunctions. Among the major dysfunctions of the institutional environment in the aspect of their influence on the formation and implementation of the state financial policy of social development of the society attention was drawn to the existence of a debt trap in Ukraine and the trap of «the vicious circle of poverty». It is shown that reforms are being carried out in the country and measures are taken to improve the institutional environment, including in order to eliminate these traps. However, some measures are still non-systematic, consistent, situational in nature. It is substantiated that the state financial policy can influence the improvement of the formal component of the institutional environment of the society, which will increase its effectiveness, provided that certain coordination measures are implemented. At the same time, the need to improve the quality of the institutional environment focuses on its informal component, which today remains virtually oblivious. The methods of the institutional environment improving are generalized and the possibilities of realization of some of them in Ukraine are outlined. It is concluded that the improvement of the institutional environment for the implementation of the social function of the state in Ukraine should be carried out mainly through modernization, rather than institutional design, since under the conditions of slow economic dynamics such an approach will not lead to a significant increase in transaction costs.