Structural-functional Approaches Research Articles

Формирование здоровьесберегающего поведения у студентов медицинского университета: к разработке концепции исследования

The article discusses theoretical and applied aspects of introduction of the innovative health-saving technologies in preparation of the highest echelon of medical industry in the Far-East region. Based on a comparative analysis of the results of current research and fundamental sociological sources covering the issues of personal and group behavior of the students of medical universities in relation to health, as well as the results of previously published own observations, taking into account the newly identified factors that affect the behavioral models of the modern student youth, in this article an attempt to comprehend and conceptualize the health-forming algorithm at the medical university, highlight the main directions of influence on the behavioral stereotypes and patterns of students, the formation of a rational attitude to the physical and psychological status, and the reduction of morbidity in the educational space is made. The proposed concept assumes a fundamentally new scheme for reducing the incidence rate and introducing previously unused methods of health saving among students. The structural-functional approach used in the development of the postulates of the concept makes it possible to determine and rank the significance of new functional relationships in the educational environment of a medical university, and the axiological approach to identify the most important values of students when making decisions regarding their own health. The article pays great attention to the applied aspects of health saving: the necessity of using interactive technologies and active interventions by the IT departments of the university in the existing network publics, popular among the students, generating original messages that initiate the formation of the need for introspection, obtaining new knowledge among students of medical specialties is substantiated. About the social value of health-saving behavior as a tool to improve social status, ways to implement the information are received.

Management of the Development of the Travel and Hospitality Industry in the Russian Federation

Relevance. Our country presents a unique variety of socio-cultural traditions in different regions, ethnic groups and tourist routes in several climatic zones. The sudden COVID-19 pandemic left its mark on the functioning of the Russian tourism industry during this period. Managing the development of domestic tourism in Russia with the creation of new routes through unique natural and ethnocultural places is especially important in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.The purpose of the study is to identify tools for managing the development of the Russian tourism industry.Objectives. To achieve this goal, the author studied state programs for the development of the tourism industry, modern sociological scientific approaches to the study of the regional image, key indicators of the development of the tourism sector, conducted five focus groups with a youth audience.Methodology. In the course of work on the study, the author used the method of systemic and structural-functional approaches to the consideration of the regional image, key indicators of tourism development, as well as the focus group method.Results. During discussions in five focus groups, the author proposed a list of tools for the development of the travel and hospitality industry and new routes for Russians to travel.Conclusions. The Russian Federation has tremendous opportunities for the multifaceted disclosure and development of the tourism industry. The COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the closure of the borders of other states, has become another factor making it possible for Russians to open up new places within the country. For the integrated development of the Russian tourism industry, global and local solutions and tools are needed to support the development of the industry.

Политизация ислама и суфийские традиции в истории Турции

The purpose of the study: based on the analysis of the activities of the Tarikats, to characterize the political role of Sufism in Turkey. Research methodology: within the framework of political science discourse, based on the principles of scientific analysis, the role of Sufism in the political life of the country was analyzed, and its functional characteristics were determined within the framework of the structural-functional approach. Starting from the XII century the influence of Sufi orders on the formation of the political system of the Ottoman Caliphate is noted. Sufi orders were included in the political space of the empire, which led to its further cultural and historical development. The article examines the process of politicization of Sufism in the history of Turkey. The influence of the Islamic factor on the domestic policy of the country is noted. In the Republic of Turkey in the 30s. of the last century, Sufi orders became the first non-systemic opposition in the country. They posed a threat to the new national identity, and as a result, their activities were banned. Only in the second half of the XX century Tarikats are returning to the political space of Turkey. Their influence on the formation of political parties based on the Sufi ideology, lobbying their interests in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey is noted. Hizmet F. Gulen's movement was focused on building a new Turkish society on the principles of democratic "educational Islam". The result of his activities in the field of education was the opening of educational institutions in English, the training of personnel for work in government bodies. The main focus of the movement was the formation of a new political elite.

ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ ФУНКЦИИ ОБЩЕСТВЕННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ В ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫХ ОБЩЕСТВЕННЫХ СОВЕТОВ В КУЗБАССЕ

T^e subject matter of the paper is the consideration of the public control forms through the information content of the official websites of public council acting at the regional authorities of the Kemerovo Region - Kuzbass. The purpose of the study is to identify the main forms of public control through the system of information content of official websites in the activities of public councils at the regional authorities of the Kemerovo Region - Kuzbass. The methodology of the study was based on two groups of methods and methodological approaches. The theoretical approaches of the study were the structural-functional approach of T. Parsons and the legal and regulatory approach. The empirical part of the study included the results of processing quantitative and qualitative data from public council websites using the content analysis method. Most of the pervious researches on the issue review features and prospects of the public councils1 activities at the federal level, or the dynamics of the public councils1 development under regional authorities. In the conducted study the activities of 40 public councils operating as of January 1,2022 have been analyzed. The authors have analyzed the minutes of meetings for the period of 2019-2021 as the main source of information. The study focuses on the issues characterizing the work of public councils - the topics of the meetings, social and occupational features of the councils1 staff, which ultimately has made it possible to assess the forms of exercising public control over the authorities. It is observed that such studies are aimed at solving the problem of systematizing data on the activities of regional public councils with subsequent informing the regional authorities. The study has noted a positive trend in the content of public council websites. The significant problems identified include a low level of exercising the function of public control in the work of social activists and the use of a limited number of forms of public control

ДОВІРА НАСЕЛЕННЯ ДО ОРГАНІВ ПУБЛІЧНОЇ ВЛАДИ ЯК ЧИННИК КОНСОЛІДАЦІЇ СУЧАСНОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА ТА БЕЗПЕКИ ДЕРЖАВИ

The subject of this study was the theoretical-methodological and applied aspects of studying and analyzing the level of public trust in public authorities as a factor in the consolidation of society and state security. The authors used systemic and structural-functional approaches to analyze external and internal factors that affect the trust of the country’s population in public administration bodies, and a situational approach to study the influence of spatial and temporal factors on the formation and development of public trust in government structures. The problem of studying the formation and development of trust in public bodies among the population is quite urgent, especially in the context of modern structural changes in the country, and the material proposed in the article allows us to identify the necessary trajectories of research into this phenomenon.

Analysis of the provision of transport infrastructure in rural areas Republic of Kazakhstan

The purpose of the study is to determine the role and importance of transport infrastructure for the accelerated development of rural areas, the growth of agro-industrial production and improving the quality of life of the population of villages. In the study was used a structural-functional approach, a review of scientific publications by foreign and domestic scientists devoted to the study of transport problems in rural areas, interregional logistics, the state program for infrastructure development «Nurly Zhol», as well as data from the Agency on Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the main trends in the development of the road infrastructure of rural areas of the country, providing economic communication with other territories, the mobility of the rural population. According to the indicators of the density of roads and railways, the coefficients of the provision of transport infrastructure in rural areas of the country's regions are calculated. The regions were grouped into three categories of equipment (high, medium, low), which, according to the authors, allows determining the priority of measures of programs for the construction and reconstruction of roads, as well as the importance of their implementation for the economic recovery of rural areas. Based on the analysis, recommendations on improving the transport infrastructure of rural areas are given, which are of interest to regional and local authorities, state infrastructure development management structures, as well as scientists, doctoral students whose research interests correspond to this topic.

Alcohol and its functions in the culture of the Khanty of the Surgut Ob region

The aim of the research is to show the functions of alcohol in the traditional culture of the Eastern Khanty. The basis of the work is formed by the author's field data collected in 2002–2018 in Khanty Surgut Ob region, including the right bank of the Ob River (Lyamin, Pim, Tromyegan, and Agan) and its left bank (Bolshoi Yugan, Malyy Yugan), as well as the right tributary of the Irtysh River (Demyanka). The study of the role of alcohol in the traditional rituals of the Eastern Khanty was based on the methodology of gift exchange proposed by M. Mauss [2011]. The structural-functional approach was used to analyze the functions of alcohol, its place in the traditional culture, and social relations of the Eastern Khanty [Malinovskiy, 2006]. Despite the problems associated with alcoholism, as well as the negative impact on the health of the Eastern Khanty, alcohol performs a number of functions in the traditional culture. The recognition of the legitimacy of alcohol in the traditional worldview is based on the cosmogonic myths. In the ritual sphere, alcohol is a gift to the deities, from whom the indigenous people, in return, expect assistance to a person in hunting and fishing, prosperity, health, and safety. Alcohol performs the function of erasing social boundaries in the community of participants in a traditional ritual. During traditional ritu-als, alcohol is a tool for a person's transition to an altered state of consciousness. In everyday life, alcohol per-forms the functions of relaxation and stress relief. Alcohol serves as a social catalyst when a stranger is included in a traditional collective. Until recently, alcohol occupied not the last place as an equivalent of money in the in-kind exchange of goods and services. At the beginning of the 21st century, structural changes caused by the industrialization of the Surgut Ob region, as well as economic and social reforms of the Post-Perestroika period, led to reduction in the consumption of alcohol by the Eastern Khanty. Today, these changes are represented by two oppositely directed trends. The first tendency is represented by the processes of the revival of traditional culture, nature management, and religion. The second trend includes reappraisal of traditional religion and transition of a part of the Eastern Khanty to Protestantism.

Urban Agglomerations: Problems and Tendencies of Development

The subject of this research was the modern urban agglomerations and its aim was to find out the main tendencies of their development by way of the analyses of problems faced by urban agglomerations and their management mechanisms. The main method of the conducted research was the comparative legal method, as the study is based on comparing the experience of different countries in the sphere of urban governance. The author used sociological, systemic and structural-functional approaches as well. The author believes that the problems faced by urban agglomerations are caused by the activities of different administrative bodies at their territory, the lack of proper coordination in the face of pretty acute rivalry between them. The mentioned problems are also exacerbated by modern migration processes. The number of “native” inhabitants is being decreased in many cities, the middle class is largely moving to suburbs while poor people are moving to urban centers, the urban population is getting older. The article also contains the analyses of different attitudes towards organization of administrative structures at the territory of the modern agglomeration. Proponents of only one strong jurisdiction, functioning within the agglomeration and taking decisions obligatory for the whole area, were called “consolidationists. “Polycentrists” believe that the more various jurisdictions function within the agglomeration the better, because centralized and hierarchical administrative model is outdated and ineffective.

Corruption: institutional features, social determinants and consequences

The article considers the nature, causes, determinants and consequences of corruption. As a form of social deviation of a delinquent nature and as a type of crime, corruption has a destructive effect on all spheres of social life, primarily on their management - by redistributing their resources and by replacing social values and goals with group and personal ones. Corruption affects not only states but also international affairs; therefore, we need active opposition to corruption from the world community: International Anti-Corruption Day was included in the calendars of 187 countries including Russia. According to the World Bank, the annual global amount of bribes is 1 trillion US dollars. For many countries, corruption has become a threat to national security, which makes them seek and use effective and often radical measures to counter corruption, and to conduct comprehensive studies of corruption as an objective and widespread social phenomenon. The authors consider corruption on the basis of an interdisciplinary methodology with an emphasis on institutional and structural-functional approaches, which allowed to identify institutional features of corruption, its structure, functions and social consequences, and to assess the efficiency of anti-corruption measures. The article is based on the statistical data on the dynamics of corruption in Russia and the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2012-2020, and on the results of the sociological survey conducted by the Institute for Strategic Studies of the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2020 according to the methodology for assessing corruption described in the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation. The survey focused on the problems in the interaction of citizens and employees of state and municipal authorities (everyday corruption), and in the interaction of authorities and business (business corruption) (the corresponding samples were 814 and 300 people). The study of everyday corruption was conducted by individual formalized interviews, of business corruption - by the online survey on the Google Forms.

The structure of studentsʼ subjective well-being

Introduction. Subjective well-being is one of the indicators of success and a basis of person`s socio-psychological adjustment to uncertain situations and unstable social relations. The complexity of this phenomenon requires clarifying its structure. Aim. To determine the structure of studentsʼ subjective well-being. Methods. Cognitive Features of Subjective Well-Being (KOSB-4) (O. Kaliuk, O. Savchenko), Subjective Well-Being Scale (A. Perrudet-Badoux, G. Mendelsohn, J. Chiche, adapted by M. Sokolova), Life Satisfaction Index A, LSIA (B.L. Neugarten, adapted by N. Panina), Arousability and Optimism Scale, AOS (I.S. Schuller, A.L. Comunian, adapted by N. Vodopyanova). The methodological basis is a structural-functional approach. Factor and correlation analyses were done using «STATISTICA 10.0». Results. Empirical verification of the author's model of subjective well-being revealed the existence of three independent components in its structure (cognitive-behavioral, emotional, and contrasting). Conclusions. Students’ cognitive and behavioral aspects of well-being are not separated, they form a single factor. There is a polarity in well-being in the form of positive and negative factors.

A SHIFTIN TRADITIONAL WISDOM OF SEMENDE TRIBE IN PULAU PANGGUNG TANGGAMUS

The traditional wisdom of tunggu tubang has shifted due to economic needs, lack of agricultural land, job mobility, marriage with other than Semende tribe, which impacts the rights fulfilling and obligations of tunggu tubang. However, this shift has been responded to by innovations so that this traditional wisdom persisted. This research is to describe innovations in maintaining the traditional wisdom. This research uses descriptive quantitative method with 40 randomly chosen respondents. Data were taken from interviews using a questionnaire, and interviews with key informants. The data were analyzed quantitatively with frequency tables, given the meaning with the structural functional approach of Talcott Parson, that traditional wisdom still functions when able to adapt, goal attainment, integration, latent maintenance. The results showed: 92.5% tunggu tubang to get rights to houses, gardens, fields and carrying out their obligations, but 7.5% without these rights (tepang bangkang) so they cannot carry out their obligations, namely occupying an inheritance house, taking care of their parents and their younger siblings. Tunggu tubang property sold out.This violation is tolerated because of economic necessity. But tepang bangkang still the decision maker in the family and can give the right for the next tunggu tubang. If tunggu tubang married to someone other than Semende tribe, her husband follows it.If working outside the city, rights are still given while obligations are carried out indirectly. This adaptation makes the traditional wisdom survive, be the goal of life, carries out the function of integration, but the function of pattern maintenance is getting weaker.

Expert-analytical Support of Foreign Policy Activities

The article presents the final results of the project studying the system of expert and analytical support for foreign policy decisions. The project is devoted to conducting a survey and a set of interviews with employees of government bodies (leaders and chief specialists) who are involved in the process of preparing and making foreign policy decisions. The article contains the officials’ assessment of the main challenges when interacting with the scientific and expert community, as well as a "desired image" of such interaction.The study was held in two stages (stage I in February-October 2020, stage II-in January-August 2021) in the form of a survey with a set of follow-up interviews for a more detailed interpretation of the data obtained. The interviewees included 24 employees of federal executive bodies (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Rossotrudnichestvo; departments of international cooperation of line ministries, agencies and services); offices of the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (departments providing international and inter-parliamentary cooperation). All participants of the study are in positions of the "managers" category or are part of the group of "chief specialists", that is, they have experience in decision-making process and/or in elaborating them. The survey and interviews were anonymous. The research is within structural-functional, institutional and regulatory approaches. The authors note that informational materials with low level of generalization and lacking recommendations and forecasts will never replace genuine analytics and expertise. Given the development of artificial intelligence, generalizing information will be automatized. As a result, expertise has to be of better quality.

Шеринг-экономика в России: новый источник политического участия и демократизации?

Introduction. Scientific understanding of current and future trends in the development of society, the formulation of problems of social development, and even more so its prediction is associated with the analysis of the role and place of modern and promising communication technologies in the complex architecture of social interactions. Today, such technologies determine the direction of restructuring traditional political and economic institutions contribute to the formation of fundamentally new formats of social interactions. The beginning of the 21st century was marked by a wide spread of sharing relations – old socio-economic practices of joint (shared) use of goods in a new technical and technological design. The driver of the development of joint consumption practices has also been the spread of global trends in the transition from a system of strong fundamental links between socioeconomic entities to weaker but numerous temporary links. Methods and materials. In the course of the study, the sharing economy was considered through the prism of structural-functional, neoinstitutional and network approaches. The authors used system analysis, interdisciplinary and empirical methods (questionnaire, expert survey), as well as the method of social modeling. The materials for the study were the publications of leading foreign and domestic researchers of the issue in peer-reviewed scientific publications, as well as the results of a cross-regional sociological study conducted by the authors. Analysis. Currently, an institutional formation of a new ontological reality within which self-regulating, more autonomous from the state, sharing communities built on the network principle function is taking place. Through the liberalization of access to a wide range of benefits through low-cost channels, sharing contributes to the growth of trust, social well-being, and reduction of social tension. At the same time, the uncontrolled spread of sharing practices is fraught with a drop in the level of institutional and interpersonal trust, an increase in conflict in society, and the deformation of regional and sectoral labor markets, which will naturally affect social well-being and political stability. Results. The obtained results confirmed the hypothesis of the study that the practices of joint consumption in Russia have a pronounced development potential and a growing influence on the political sphere through the growth of political activity of the population participating in these practices, through the actualization of microsocial contracts and the subsequent translation of their content to the macro level.

The instrumental concerto: classification ISSUES

Statement of the problem. The question of classification of instrumental concertos is considered in the paper. It is emphasized that the problem still remains one of the most controversial in musicology. It was noted that there were many attempts to classify the concertos but they are incomplete due to some factors. The main obstacle is a particular flexibility of the concerto resulting in many forms, structures, and forms of performance. In case when a researcher focuses on the analysis of certain characteristics of concertos (cadence, musical form, interpretation of the soloist’s part, concertos of one composer, etc.), the question of classification is out of date. Instead, while covering the evolution of a concerto in general, the need to systematize the latest emerges. Thus, the significance of the concerto’s changes in different historical and socio-cultural conditions and the unequal interpretation of the concept of “genre classification” can be the obstacles, which make the classification process difficult. Among methods used, the following can be outlined: comparative, systematic, structural-functional, and historical approaches have been used to reveal the interaction between the soloists and the orchestra in different historical contexts and to follow up changes in different elements’ interactions. The purpose of the research paper is to offer a cross functional concerto’s classification as well as to reveal the role of the orchestra as a unifying criteria in it. The results obtained prove that the proposed classification of concertos is based on their categorization as the formation of hierarchical relationships between the most of structural elements. All criteria for classifying have been divided into two groups: conceptual (genre features, presence of singer parties, type of interaction, stylistic epoch, “purity of the genre”) and constructive (number of soloists and orchestras, choice of solo instrument, instrumental composition of the orchestra, typical or atypical music forms). All these elements are arranged in a hierarchy, the consequence of subordination levels is explained, multilevel connections between separate components are established. The conclusion was drawn that there is an adequate order of all criteria that allows us to offer a cross functional concerto’s classification. The orchestra plays a key role in it. Six periods of particularly intense correlation between the evolution of the instrumental concerto and the transformations of the orchestra have been disclosed

Природно-рекреационный потенциал региона: возможности и перспективы использования в постпандемийный период

The main content of the study is the analysis of the interpretation of the term “natural and recreational potential” in its modern understanding, given the increased role of the tourism industry in preserving and building up human potential in the post-pandemic period. The study of this problem against the background of the new Tourism and the Hospitality Industry National Project currently being developed is relevant, since it affects the key component of the natural resource base for the development of the national economy, reveals the strategic prospects for ensuring sustainable socio-economic development of the regions of the country with recreational and tourist specialization. The authors conclude that the natural recreational potential is not only the totality of the natural recreational resources of the territory in their quantitative and qualitative representation, but also the prevailing conditions for their use (subjective and objective), latent capacities that can limit or activate the development of tourist activities in the regions. The hierarchical structure of the natural and recreational potential of the region is presented, which includes, in addition to natural recreational resources, a group of factors that affect the efficiency of their use. The paper determines that access to the technological aspects of tourism industry management, using digitalization in the Big Data mode, is a key factor in ensuring the rational and effective use of natural and recreational potential in the creation of regional tourism products, to promote sustainable socio-economic development regions of Russia. In the course of the research, along with general scientific methods, systemic and structural-functional approaches, comparative and retrospective methods of analysis were used.

Organisational and Creative aspects of Ukrainian circus arts school

The purpose of the article is to research the development of modern circus arts education in Ukraine, the o and creative structure of the training process, its features and functions, and the quality of education. Methodology. The research is based on the empirical data - archival information about the activities of the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Variety and Circus Arts (KMAVCA). This determines the methods’ choice: historical-factographic – to reconstruct the facts in the circus school’s development; structural-functional approach – for consideration of the organizational and creative structure of the training process and its functions; comparative method – to distinguish the disadvantages and advantages of circus education; systematization, etc. Scientific novelty. For the first time the organizational and creative aspects of the modern circus school in Ukraine are highlighted in their structural and functional context, and the circus education’s advantages and disadvantages are covered. Conclusions. Ukrainian Circus Academy is one of the leading schools of circus arts worldwide and it constantly increases its educational and qualification levels. An indicator of the effectiveness of the School is the frequent winning of its graduates and students at international contests, the high demand for Ukrainian circus performers abroad. The main advantages of the Ukrainian Circus Academy are comprehensive, multi-vector, and maximally applied-oriented training, orientation to international recognition, students’ access to prestigious performance stages. Among the weaknesses, there are: underfunding, lack of couches for some rare circus genre, lack of proper training premises, excessively high students’ workload exposure, and the future employers’ non-engagement into students’ graduation projects. The main functions of the circus arts school are professional education, production of circus art acts and performances, career guidance (enrollees’ attraction), popularization of circus arts and training, presentation of Ukrainian circus arts and School abroad, Ukrainian circus arts actors and products promotion.

СТРУКТУРНО-ФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНЫЙ ПОДХОД КАК МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ОСНОВА МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЯ ГРАДОСТРОИТЕЛЬНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ ТЕРРИТОРИИ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО ТУРИЗМА

Ecotourism territory is a specially protected natural area, whose function is the development of ecological tourism. The purpose of the development of the ecotourism territory is to preserve the natural and cultural heritage, with the recreational use of the territory. The contradictions that arise between the recreational use of the territory and the preservation of natural and cultural heritage lead to the need to manage the processes of recreational impact on the territory. The tool for solving the problem is a modeling method that provides the necessary synthesis of knowledge about the human environment. The complexity of the urban planning system of the ecotourism territory does not allow making urban planning decisions based on one comprehensive model. The system representation of the modeling object consists of an interconnected consideration of it from functional and morphological (structural) positions. Therefore, the structural and functional approach has become the methodological basis for modeling. It allows determining the main spatial patterns of the formation of a stable planning structure of the ecotourism territory. The structural-functional approach provides consideration of external environment of the ecotourism territory as a holistic formation - a territorial system. It makes possible to comprehensively evaluate and present it as the urban planning system. The functional decomposition of the urban planning system consists in a hierarchical division of functions into the main (preservation of natural and cultural heritage), subordinate main (recreational use of the territory) and additional (servicing visitors and territories). As a result, the sustainability of the planning framework structure depends on the preservation and restoration of the integrity of the ecological and eco-cultural frameworks of the ecotourism territory.

MODERN PROBLEMS OF BANK LENDING OF ENTERPRISES OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX OF UKRAINE

Abstract. The purpose of the article is to identify the main factors that constrain lending to enterprises of the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine, to suggest ways to improve their lending system. A systematic approach was chosen as the methodological basis of the study, which provides for a comprehensive study of the bank lending system of the agro-industrial complex. Historical and structural-functional approaches were also used in its analysis. Methods of comparative analysis were used to consider some problems of bank lending to the agro-industrial complex. Of the general scientific methods in this study, methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction were used. The article examines the dynamics and structure of loans to the agro-industrial complex in Ukraine for 2015—2020; the dynamics of interest rates on loans to the agro-industrial complex and the dynamics of agricultural production by UAH 1. credit provision of the agro-industrial complex in Ukraine for 2015—2020. During the analyzed period, these indicators increase or decrease proportionally, as evidenced by the importance of the efficiency of credit support of the agar sector. In 2020, the efficiency of credit provision of the agricultural sector amounted to UAH 11.64, which is UAH 0.4 more than in 2015. The analysis revealed that the agro-industrial complex today has a high need for financial resources. The characteristic of the main problems of the mechanism of crediting of an agro-industrial complex is given. The need to ensure the availability of bank loans has been identified. Stimulating investment lending to agricultural enterprises will have a positive impact on the development of the industry, as well as improve the existing economic situation of rural residents. High demand for credit resources from agricultural producers, the current state and dynamics of lending to the agro-industrial complex in Ukraine allow us to conclude that it is necessary to improve the mechanism of bank loans, develop effective credit products for the agro-industrial complex and strengthen state support for agricultural lending. Keywords: credit, banks, enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, credit programs for the agro-industrial complex. JEL Classification G21, Q14 Formulas: 0; fig.: 3; tabl.: 1; bibl.: 15.

THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES OF THE PROBLEM OF THE HIBERNOROMAN TRADITIONS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

In the process of scientific research the methodological tools of research of development of Roman-Irish traditions in the European system of education of the Middle Ages in unity of historical-pedagogical, biographical, anthropological, axiological, adaptive, ethnofunctional, microstructural, integral, quantitative, qualitative (qualitative), multiple structural-functional, hermeneutic, culturological approaches.Thanks to the application of a historical-pedagogical approach it was determined how Alcuin of York transmitted the experience of Irish monastic schools in the Charlemagne’s Empire, and later how Pierre Abelard used the Alcuin’s experience in shaping the Parisian educational system.The biographical approach allowed revealing the mental model of a particular figure behavior of the Carolingian Renaissance or a university professor, his contribution to European medieval culture. An anthropological approach was used to elucidate the innovations that Alcuin of York introduced into the school monastic system at times of the Carolingian Renaissance and to comprehend school reform the Charlemagne’s Empire.The axiological approach was used in the study of the Alcuin of York students’ epistolary heritage, the descendants of his scholarly school tradition.The application of the adaptive approach allowed identifying the specifics of evolutionary values in the learning process, the gradual reassessment of values, adaptation to the dynamically changing conditions of knowledge transfer in schools and universities of the early and classical Middle Ages.Applying an ethno-functional approach reveals how students perceived learning in unified Latin and whether they had a desire to communicate with each other in the language of their country and their own ancestors.Through the application of the microstructural approach, the patterns of perception and memorization of information, the performance of complex mathematical and logical operations in solving a mathematical problem, methods of mechanical reproduction and the ability to think logically were established.A holistic approach has confirmed the opinion of previous researchers that the “Carolingian tradition”, based on the Roman-Irish scientific heritage, became the “foundation” for a European university, because what remained in mainland Europe after the destruction of the Ostrogothic kingdom and the Arab conquest was not enough. The quantitative approach use enabled clarifying the accessibility and consistency of tasks in Alcuin York’s teaching system and his followers, as well as the relationship between faith and the value of knowledge.The qualitative approach use allowed identifying those components that have been traced for several centuries after the Carolingian Renaissance, including the system of encouragement and punishment, the method of syllogism, and recognition of the quadrivium complexity before the trivium, etc.Given that the educational system of Alcuin of York and his university successors provided for the consideration of each phenomenon outside of any one discipline, it was advisable to use a multidisciplinary (trans-disciplinary) approach. Due to the use of structural-functional approach in it was analyzed the university-school education system in all its components (purpose, content, means, as well as process, structure, connections, functions) and identified what was common, different, or special in it.The hermeneutic approach use allowed identifying the foundations of the Hiberno-Roman scientific tradition in the university-school system of the Middle Ages, helped to highly appreciate it.The culturological approach presupposed the identification of the conditions for human self-determination, self-creation and self-realization in the culture, education, upbringing and “scientific tradition” of the outlined epoch.

Prospects for competition development in the financial market in the context of establishing the institution of financial marketplace

Subject. The article investigates the development of competitive relationship in the financial market in the context of the financial marketplace institution formation in the Russian Federation. Objectives. The key goal is to identify problems of competition development in the Russian financial market, to assess the impact of information technologies, implemented in the activities of financial sector organizations, on prospective changes in the competitive environment in this area. Methods. The study employs logical and structural analysis, systems and functional approach, and the formal legal method. Results. The paper notes major problems of competition development in the financial market in the Russian Federation, assesses the impact of digitalization processes of financial sector companies on prospective changes in the conditions for competitive environment in this area. It reveals that for the financial sector that tends to reduce the quality of competitive relationship, the creation of a single digital platform in the form of a financial marketplace can become a real opportunity to help both medium-sized and small players in their competition with the largest companies for consumer attention in the industry. Conclusions. The findings can be used both for theoretical purposes, when studying issues related to the concept, essence and legal regulation of competitive relationship in the Russian financial market, and in practical activities, when developing proposals for improving the legal regulation in this area.