Series:Курас Інститут Монографії

The policy of social reforms: strategy, mechanisms, resources

Політика суспільних реформ: стратегія, механізми, ресурси

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The collection contains an analysis of the functioning of political mechanisms designed to ensure the implementation of the reform strategy of Ukrainian society in accordance with its European integration goal. The analysis covers key public areas where the effectiveness of reform mechanisms is particularly relevant - the institutional optimality of the country's political system, the political and managerial aspects of the reforms, the value changes in society in accordance with European civilizational criteria.

National unity in a competitive society

Національна єдність у конкурентному суспільстві

Author(s): L. O. Kochubey,Yuriy Shaigorodsky,O.M. Mayboroda,Yuriy Ivanovich Shapoval,S. G. Brekharya,S. Yu. Rimarenko,G. I. Zelenko / Language(s): Ukrainian

The report examines the possibilities of establishing a model of consensus democracy in Ukraine as a form of achieving social unity in relation to the country’s strategy. The main problems and obstacles on the way to the social unity, which are related to the political-institutional, administrative, geo-strategical, civilization, legal sphere of functioning of the Ukrainian society are analysed.

National minorities of Ukraine in the context of socio-political transformations of 1990’s of 20 century – beginning of 21 century

Національні меншини України в контексті суспільно-політичних трансформацій 90-х рр. ХХ ст. – поч. ХХІ ст.

Author(s): Vitalii Kotsur / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph deals with the multinational socio-political, socio-cultural space of Ukraine in 1990’s of 20 century – beginning of 21 century in the scientific discourse of scientists, polylogue of state bodies and public movements. A comprehensive study of national minorities is conducted as a subject of Ukrainian statebuilding, a determining factor of socio-cultural progress, socio-political transformations and, at the same time, political instability in the context of the foreign policy challenges of 1990’s of 20 century – beginning of 21 century, which brings Ukrainian society closer to the peculiar point of bifurcation – a new state, promising solutions for conflict resolution.The monograph is the first special study of the history of national minorities of Ukraine in the context of socio-political transformations of 1990’s of 20 century – beginning of 21 century using a large array of historical and political materials and first introduced into scientific circulation archival documents. The book is intended for scholars, teachers, students and everyone interested in history.

Reducing ambivalence. Dichotomy of the Ukrainian National Identity: Historical reasons and political implications

Долання амбівалентності. Дихотомія української національної ідентичності. – Історичні причини та політичні наслідки

Author(s): Mykola Riabchuk / Language(s): Ukrainian

The book examines two different types of Ukrainian national identity tentatively defined as «Ukrainian ethnocultural» («primordial») and «Ukrainian institutional» (determined by citizenship). The substantial differences between them had been informed historically, and involve today not only ideological but also axiological aspect. The identity split had seriously complicated Ukraine’s postcommunist transformation in 1991-2013, and dramatically weakened the society and the state against the Russian aggression in 2014. The process of consolidation of Ukrainian nation that got going in the past few years, is still far from completion. The promotion of modern civic identity based on the so-called «European values» is considered as the optimal way to abate the existing dichotomy and reduce social ambivalence.

Recalled resource. a moment of responsibility in the Ukrainian political discourse of a transitional age (1985-2014)

Пригадуваний ресурс. Момент відповідальності в українському політичному дискурсі перехідної доби (1985-2014 рр.)

Author(s): Eduard Vasylyevych Shcherbenko / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph provides an overview of Ukrainian political discourse in the era of democratic transit. The key aspect of the analysis is the shared responsibility factor, which is seen as implicitly embedded in the constitutional foundations of Ukrainian politics. Increasing its importance to the critical importance of citizens' communications in the critical moments of the national protest movements of 2004 and 2013-2014, reveals the crucial role of political discourse as a carrier of the institutional memory of the Ukrainian community during the democratic transition.

Ukraine in the search of strategies for socio-political development (1991-2018).

Україна у пошуку стратегій суспільно-політичного розвитку (1991-2018 рр.).

Author(s): N.V. Kononenko,R. V. Balaban,Eduard Vasylyevych Shcherbenko,F. M. Rudich,L. O. Kochubey,S. G. Brekharya,T. M. Lyashenko,G. I. Zelenko,V. V. Machuskyy / Language(s): Ukrainian

The collection of scientific papers analyzes political processes in Ukraine, the role of political actors and subjects of politics in the process of developing strategies for the development of the state during the independence period. On the basis of a wide array of domestic and foreign sources, the problems of influence of socio-cultural, socio-economic and external factors are analyzed, which, from the authors' point of view, have affected the nature of both the strategies of socio-political development of the state and their weakness or absence. As Ukraine is a country with poorly functioning political institutions, particular attention is paid to the role of state leaders and political elites in political processes in Ukraine.

Regional political elites in Ukraine: analysis of literature on the problem and characteristic of the empirical basis for the study of the phenomenon (end of 1991-2018)

Регіональні політичні еліти в Україні: аналіз літератури з проблеми та характеристика емпіричної бази для вивчення феномену (кінець 1991-2018 рр.)

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The research is devoted to the analysis of literature on the problem of studying the phenomenon of political elites in Ukraine as a whole and at the regional level in the period from the end of 1991 - 2018, and in particular in such regions as Vinnytsia, Lviv, Poltava, Sumy and Chernivtsi oblasts.

Changing the civilizational paradigm of Ukraine’s development: theoretical and methodological analysis

Зміна цивілізаційної парадигми розвитку України: теоретико-методологічний аналіз

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The monograph examines the processes of formation, development and decline of civilizations. The main focus is on the development of Ukrainian regional civilization. The anti-Ukrainian orientation of Russian civilization myths about the common historical memory is shown. The status and prospects of Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration as a change in its civilization course are considered.

Democratization of political institutions and social development in Ukraine

Демократизація політичних інститутів і суспільний розвиток в Україні

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The collection contains an analysis of the course of democratic reforms in Ukraine under the influence of external and internal factors. The consequences of the most urgent social reforms are assessed, the problems connected with the manipulative practices of the authorities, using the peculiarities of mass psychology are considered, the evolutionary changes in the values of the population of Ukraine are characterized as a factor promoting democratic transformations. The collection is based on the results of the scientific project "Democratization of political institutions and social development in Ukraine", performed at I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine due to the budget program "Support of priority areas of research for 2019".

Party “nationalist”. Petro Shelest’s paradoxes.

Партійний «націоналіст». Парадокси Петра Шелеста

Author(s): Yuriy Ivanovich Shapoval / Language(s): Ukrainian

Petro Shelest has a special place in the political history of Ukraine of the XX century. Having gone through a difficult life path, in 1963 he became the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. He supported Khrushchev and his political line, but he was among those who brought L. Brezhnev to power. He opposed the "Prague Spring" of 1968 and at the same time he blocked the total suppression of dissent in Ukraine. He recognized Stalin's authority and at the same time he demanded that the Moscow leadership adhere to the officially declared principles in relations between the centre and the then union republics. He was against the dismantling of the USSR and at the same time he contributed to the strengthening of Ukrainian national traditions, respect for Ukraine's past. What is the secret of such Petro Shelest’s duality? Who and how created for him the image of an "excessive" Ukrainian patriot and even a "nationalist"? How did his fate develop after he was sent for a "promotion" to Moscow and then subjected to political and ideological ostracism?

Interpretation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in western scientific and expert-analytical works

Інтерпретація російсько-українського конфлікту в західних наукових і експертно-аналітичних працях

Author(s): Volodymyr Kulik,Mykola Ryabchuk,Kateryna Zarembo,Marianna Fakhurdinova,Nadiia Koval,Svitlana Nabok / Language(s): Ukrainian

He did not ask for pardon ... The fate of Yulian Bachynsky

Помилування не просив. . . Доля Юліана Бачинського

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The publication includes unique and previously inaccessible documents from the archives of the communist secret service, revealing the fate of Julian Bachynsky (1870-1940). Public and political figure, brilliant publicist, author of the famous book "Ukraine Irredenta" (1895), which justified the need to create an independent Ukrainian state, a former diplomat of the UPR, he in late 1933 with his daughter Elena came to Kharkov. Having started working in the editorial office of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, Yu. Bachynsky did not suspect that fate would soon change dramatically. The publication is designed for anyone interested in history.

Anthropological code of Ukrainian culture and civilization (Vol. I).

Антропологічний код української культури і цивілізації (у двох книгах)

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

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 of the anthropological code of culture and civilization at different stages of Ukrainian history - from ancient times to the present, as a system of values and types of human thinking, psychology and mentality, ways of perceiving values, intellectual and emotional understanding of the world, culture and civilization are analysed. The core of the anthropological code of culture is Human, and the anthropological code of civilization is Society. // Various theories of the loss of the value-semantic form of human existence in the context of globalization in the modern world, the paradigm of the "Russian world", the code of the so-called "all-Russian" culture, canonical territory, civilization, common roots, genetic and cultural development of Ukrainian and Russian peoples are refuted. The publication is intended for scholars and lectures of history, philosophy, cultural studies, political science, ethnology, teachers, graduate students and students, a wide range of people interested in anthropological understanding of Ukrainian culture and civilization.

Anthropological code of Ukrainian culture and civilization (Vol. II)

Антропологічний код української культури і цивілізації (у двох книгах)

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

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 of the anthropological code of culture and civilization at different stages of Ukrainian history - from ancient times to the present, as a system of values and types of human thinking, psychology and mentality, ways of perceiving values, intellectual and emotional understanding of the world, culture and civilization are analysed. The core of the anthropological code of culture is Human, and the anthropological code of civilization is Society. // Various theories of the loss of the value-semantic form of human existence in the context of globalization in the modern world, the paradigm of the "Russian world", the code of the so-called "all-Russian" culture, canonical territory, civilization, common roots, genetic and cultural development of Ukrainian and Russian peoples are refuted. The publication is intended for scholars and lectures of history, philosophy, cultural studies, political science, ethnology, teachers, graduate students and students, a wide range of people interested in anthropological understanding of Ukrainian culture and civilization.

Ethnopolitical factors of consolidation of the contemporary Ukrainian society

Етнополітичні чинники консолідації сучасного українського суспільства

Author(s): O. Rafalsky,V. A. Voynalovič,Mykola Ryabchuk / Language(s): Ukrainian

The book results from the research on “Ethno-political factors of consolidation of the contemporary Ukrainian society” carried out by the scholars of the ethno-political department of the Ivan F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies in 2017-2019. It presents the detailed analysis of ethno-political factors of consolidation of the contemporary Ukrainian society, outlines the conceptual framework for the analysis, and examines the available relevant studies on the topic. The dynamics of changing ethno-cultural and social identities in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity is scrutinized as the most complex and controversial phenomenon. Substantial attention is paid to the language and ethno-confessional aspects of societal consolidation, politics of memory and actualization of public space. As a corollary, the conceptual vision of evolving Ukrainian society is introduced and discussed.

Social and political activity and historical memory of the Jewish community in the context of Ukraine’s European integration

Суспільно-політична активність та історична пам’ять єврейської спільноти в контексті євроінтеграції України

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The proposed collective scientific work considers the issues of social and political activity and historical memory of the Jewish community in the context of Ukraine’s European integration. The paper examines the influences of historical memory on the formation of the political and cultural identity of the Jews of Ukraine, the role and contribution of the Jewish community to the European development of the country.

Regional political elites in Ukraine: features of formation, values and identities (end of 1991-2019)

Регіональні політичні еліти в Україні: особливості формування, цінності та ідентичності (кінець 1991-2019 рр.)

Author(s): Marija Stepanivna Karmazina,Tetjana Anatolijivna Bevz,Oksana Zorych,Mykola Gorbatyuk / Language(s): Ukrainian

The study analyzes the mechanisms of recreation of the regional elite in Ukraine in the period from late 1991 to 2019. Against the background of the analysis of all-Ukrainian processes of formation and development of the elite, the formation of regional elites Vinnytsia, Poltava, Sumy are studied. Particular attention is paid to the formation and transformation of elite identities and their political values.

Thirty years of Ukrainian multiparty system (late 1990 – early 2020)

Тридцять років української багатопартійності (кінець 1990 – початок 2020 рр.).

Author(s): Marija Stepanivna Karmazina / Language(s): Ukrainian

The study analyzes the features and stages of the formation and development process of political parties in Ukraine in the period from late 1990 to early 2020. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenon of renaming parties (which contributed, among other things, a kind of artificial increase in as well as program goals and proclaimed ideals), the specifics of the emergence in their environment in a period of multi-party "personal", nominal and regional parties, destructive (mostly) phenomenon of the emergence and functioning of parties whose names duplicate the names of chronologically earlier political formations, the activity of which for one reason or another has already come to an end, etc.

Ukraine: the revolutionary era and the following decades

Україна: революційна доба й наступні десятиліття

Author(s): Valeriy Soldatenko / Language(s): Ukrainian

The collection includes 18 materials published or prepared for publication by the author over the last five years. They reflect the scientific search, which is filled with domestic historical science, which develops current issues of experience of the XX century. Some of the publications devoted to projects carried out jointly with foreign colleagues have appeared in Russian-language publications and are little known to Ukrainian readers. In preparation for publication, all of them were revised, if necessary, they were made with the necessary corrections and minimal additions to agree between the plots of the book. In the case of reprints, the texts are submitted mainly in the original version and form of the relevant publication, indicating the republics, or, in case of some differences, those that are given authorial preference.

The political process in independent Ukraine

Політичний процес у незалежній Україні

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): Ukrainian

The articles included in the collection cover the most important issues of Ukraine's political development since independence. The problems connected with the choice of the general strategic course of the state, with the transformation of the socio-political system, with the ethno-political and spiritual evolution of the Ukrainian society are considered. For scientists, teachers, students, for everyone who pay attention to the problems of national development.