Monographs

The study primarily examines approaches to defining and delineating the existence of the third sector, allowing for the substantiation of this phenomenon’s relevance to Ukrainian realities. It is established that the level of institutionalization of the non-governmental sector is indicative of its institutional capacity, the nature of which emanates from defining the sector’s role and functions, thereby influencing its operational effectiveness. The content of institutional capacity is comprehensive and multifaceted, necessitating the identification of measurable indicators, the aggregate of which fully characterizes the phenomenon. This research is pertinent for scholars, representatives of governmental bodies, the non-governmental sector, and the broader …

The analytical report was prepared on the basis of the scientific conceptualisation of the phenomenon of solidarity, including its socio-political manifestation. The report examines the importance of socio-political solidarity for national resilience and assesses its level in the context of national challenges, including in relation to the development of the military situation. It analyses the role of key factors contributing to the solidarity of Ukrainians, such as the activities of state and political institutions, the national elite, civil society organisations, and grassroots self-organisation. The report also considers the significance of collective historical memory for the political consolidation of the Ukrainian …

The analytical report provides an overview of the institutional capacity of public authorities and local self-government bodies in Ukraine. Based on the research findings, which rely on numerous indices and indicators, legal analysis, sociological surveys, and statistical data, the authors identify “institutional capacity traps” within Ukraine’s state power system. These traps contribute to the underdevelopment of the system of checks and balances and, as a result, lead to the degradation of political accountability, social mobility mechanisms, and hinder the strengthening of public trust in the state. The report is intended for policymakers, scholars in the fields of public administration, political …

The monograph is dedicated to a comprehensive study of the institutional capacity of the state and local government bodies in Ukraine. The study, based on the use of numerous indices and indicators, analysis of legislation, sociological survey data, and statistical information, analyzes the quality of the performance of state bodies’ functions, which constitutes the institutional capacity of the state. The dynamics of changes in the institutional capacity of government bodies in Ukraine are analyzed, as well as their determination by socio-economic and socio-political processes, particularly Russian military aggression. The monograph examines the outcomes of central government reform and decentralization reform, …

The historical, theoretical and methodological principles of scientific knowledge of the anthropological code of Ukrainian culture and civilization, their originality and mystery, at the epicentre of which is Human as a unique and highest value, are clarified. Its essence is revealed as a set of images, means of biological and sociocultural nature, associated with a set of stereotypes of consciousness of an individual or group of people, which are expressed in archetypes, mentality, intellectual, moral and material life, political and social organization of society, its culture and civilization, the transit nature and ability to be inherited. The content and functions …

The monograph examines the phenomenon of Ukrainian civilizational identity, its origins, becoming and current condition in the context of humanitarian interdisciplinarity, combination of historical, philosophical, politological, sociological and cultural methods of cognition, from the standpoint of civilizational, anthropological and sociocultural approaches. Theoretical and methodological principles of the essence of civilizational identity, its structure: ethnic, national, cultural, religious, political, civic, european and other components, the relationship of civilizational identity with mentality and globality in the dynamics of historical progress and transformations since the era of Middle Ages, Kyivan Rus state, Renaissance, modern and ending with postmodern are being clarified. The historical …

The proposed scientific work contains an analysis of the EU’s policy regarding the “Jewish question”, as well as the characteristic features of the life of modern Jewish communities in Europe. The monograph examines current issues related to the development of the European Commission’s Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life by 2030, as well as its implementation in individual countries of United Europe.  Today, the process of developing new legislation to combat antisemitism based on the IHRA definition, as well as specific measures to promote the development of Jewish life, is an important task not only for the EU …

The collection contains the materials of the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference „Ukrainian Society: Political and Psychological Dimension of Generational Change”, which took place in Kyiv on December 15, 2023. The scientific event was organized and conducted by the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine within the framework of the research work „The Concept of Unity of Ukraine: Origins, Evolution, Political Relevance” (state registration number: 0122U000572) in cooperation with the Institute of Social and Political Psychology of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, the Association of Political Sciences of …

The analytical note contains an analysis of the current situation and predictive assessments of probable dangers that may threaten political stability in Ukraine in war conditions, as well as individual proposals for overcoming them. Research attention is focused on problems that may arise during the exercise of state power, especially along the “center-region” line, in relations between subjects of the country’s political field. The problems associated with the implementation of the tasks of mobilizing the country to resist military aggression are highlighted and analyzed, as well as existing contradictions in inter-ethnic relations, in inter-church confrontation in the Orthodox environment, and …

The peer-reviewed collection of scientific works includes the materials of the Sixth Round Table “History in Us and We in History: Psychology of Historical Memory”, special project “Ukraine: Consolidation. Solidarity. Unity” (October 19, 2022) and the Seventh Round Table “History in Us and We in History: Psychology of Historical Memory”, special project “Civilizational Subjectivity of Ukraine – Unity. Victory. Action” (October 19, 2023).

In the monograph, based on a wide range of diverse sources and literature, the author analyzes the process of establishing of the regional political elite of Vinnytsia region – its structure at various historical stages, as well as the main mechanisms of recruitment and promotion channels of elite actors. The immanent connection of the old Communist Party elite of the Soviet era with the modern regional political elite of Vinnytsia region is shown. The key values and identities of the regional elite have been identified and characterized, and it has been established that the real values are in stark contrast …

In the monograph, an attempt is made to recreate the complex and contradictory process of ideological substantiation of the organically interconnected concepts of the Ukrainian national-democratic revolution and national unity, to trace their essential evolution under the influence of the experience of implementation in social and political practice in 1917–1920. Scientific analysis and evaluations have been carried out in the context of historiographic trends of different periods and schools. The study was carried out within the framework of the research work “The Concept of the Unity of Ukraine: Origins, Evolution, Political Relevance” (state registration number: 0122U000572). The book is intended …

The monograph is devoted to the study of the institutional, normative-legal and informative-communicative subsystems of the political system of Ukraine from the point of view of the combination of formal and real constitutionalism. Non-political institutions are studied – civil society organizations, financial and industrial groups, media, which directly influence the nature of the political system and political practices. The publication is designed for politicians, experts, scientists, students and post- graduate students and everyone who wants to understand the intricacies of the functioning of the political system of Ukraine, understand cause-and-effect relationships and explain the peculiarities of political practices.

The collection contains the materials of the round table “New generation of Ukrainian politicians in the conditions of war and post-war social transformations”, which took place on November 15, 2022. The indicators of the turnover of political generations in Ukraine; political and psychological portraits of the new generation of Ukrainian politicians; synchronization of processes of change of political generations in Ukraine and the world are analyzed. The authors investigate the causal relationships between the rotation of political generations and changes in mass consciousness; necessary prerequisites for the formation of a new political elite within civil society. Particular attention is paid …

The monograph covers the issue of political governance in Ukraine in accordance with the world rankings of democracy. The research and analytical reports of such international non-governmental organizations as «Freedom House», «The Economist Intelligence Unit», «Reporter without Borders» and others were taken into account. Based on the analysis of these materials, the dynamics of the index and rating of democracy of Ukraine against the background of the state of global freedom during 1996–2021 – a period of active monitoring of Ukrainian political processes. The monograph is intended for social scientists, politicians, experts and anyone interested in the democratization of management …

The monograph analyzes political development crises as components of the modernization crisis syndrome. The neo-institutional approach, which is the basis of the proposed research, made it possible to analyze the development of Ukraine during the years of independence through the prism of crisis phenomena, which have a systemic and permanent nature and, in their combination, convergence and interpenetration, slow down, and sometimes make impossible, the processes of democratization. Crises of political development, among which the authors analyze the crisis of identity, the crisis of legitimacy, the crisis of penetration, the crisis of distribution, and the crisis of participation in their …