Monographs
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 …
The book contains a story about the unknown Oleksandr Dovzhenko (1894–1956). A participant in the struggle for independent Ukraine, later a member of the “Borotbists” party, and then a diplomat, artist, writer and film director with a world name, he found himself under the close supervision of the communist special services for many years. They recorded his every step, his mood, his plans, his activities, and there were many informants in his inner circle. In the work on the book, the author-compiler used unique documents and materials from the form case, as well as other archival sources. Their analysis allows …
The monograph examines the behavior of undecided voters, based on an analysis of the presidential and parliamentary election campaigns of 2010-2019 in Ukraine, France and Poland. The main factors influencing the formation of electoral preferences of citizens, the reasons for the growth of electoral uncertainty and absenteeism are identified. Recommendations for reducing the level of electoral uncertainty among the population of Ukraine are proposed. Text of the monograph (PDF)
The monograph analyzes the source and historiographical base of the research. Against the background of the analysis of all-Ukrainian elite processes, the formation and development of regional elites of the Sumy region in the period from the end of 1991 to 2021 were studied. The transformation of regional political elite identities and its political values was revealed. The policy of regional identity is conditioned by the culture of regional elites, their ideas about the past and future of the region, the country. Regional political elites often contribute to the growth of polar and conflicting identities. In the process of studying …
The national report, prepared by the staff of the Section of Social Sciences and Humanities of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The report seeks to justify the concept of national resilience as resilience of the civilizational subject of a country in modern geopolitical conditions. The report also aims to define country’s strategy for ensuring the balance of development on the one hand and successful counteraction to external and internal threats, including hybrid ones on the other. The question of interaction of national resilience and national security of a state is investigated, the problem of institutional maintenance of strategy …
The monograph analyzes the essential content, condition and dynamics of value orientations of the population of the East and South of Ukraine, its social behavior and social practices in the context of Russian aggression. Based on the use of a broad empirical base, the results of research by sociological services analyzed the main ideologies of «Russian World», the main channels of their spread in Ukraine and ways to adapt to specific Ukrainian realities, the prevalence and dynamics of national and civic values. Demographic distribution and evolution of linguistic identities and practices of the population of East and South of Ukraine, …
In the monograph it is examined the scientific discourse of the problem of participation of national minorities in the socio-political life of the Ukrainian SSR in 1945–1991, systematized the existing scientific knowledge on this issue and summarized the main problems of Soviet national policy. The comprehensive research of Soviet, modern Ukrainian and foreign scientific literature is carried out, the main directions of scientists research are singled out and development trends are revealed. A number of problems of historical and ethno-political science raised by scholars are covered. Text of the monograph (PDF)
The analytical note was prepared based on the results of the scientific study “National fortitude of Ukraine: a strategy for responding to challenges and anticipating hybrid threats” by the author’s team under the leadership of the correspondent member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine O. M. Mayboroda. Text of the analytical note (PDF)