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The articles researches the concept of political culture as a system of inherited political notions expressed in symbolic forms and generalizes the differences between the political culture of Ukrainians and Russians. It stresses that the cultural identity of Ukraine is established on one of its basic tendencies – penchant for archaization of all symbolic forms; it researches the place of the heroic political myth in this process; it analyzes sacral projections of the political in the myth through which the subject-and-object order of the Ukrainian politics world is explained. Thus, the pattern of the heroic monomyth (a structured ontological range of symbols) serves as a program of political reality (as a structured order of political objects). The symbols of the heroic monomyth have sacral significance because they present an idea of political order, stability, forecastability of politics (the latter is lacking in the crisis context of development) when there is unwillingness of a part of citizens to bear responsibility for prospects of future development of events in the country in the conditions of long-term uncertainty. The article researches peculiarities of the how the structure-image of the hero builds the constitution of political reality in Ukraine and Russia.

The researcher analyses special procedural aspects and important tools of organisational change management (at the level of higher educational establishments). As part of the study, the expert survey was conducted for the purpose of collecting empirical data for the analysis of practical experience of active participants of educational changes. The author surveyed 65 specialists from Ukraine who study the educational change issues in higher educational institutions in their professional or social activities. The survey was conditionally divided into several sections: general, procedural, resources provision of change, instrumental, analysis of change results, informative and analytical, expert evaluation of governmental educational change administration in Ukraine. The majority of questions concerned the determination of the required conditions for successful implementation of educational change. Based on the analysis of contemporary scientific literature, the author defined the logics and consistency of procedures of preparation for and immediate implementation of educational change. The omission of at least one of these procedures threatens the result of the overall process of educational changes. The author suggests that the low efficiency of educational change implementation in Ukrainian educational establishments is caused by neglect or improper use of essential preparation tools and procedures of proper educational change management support (underestimation of needs for sufficient resources, advisory support, awareness-raising campaigns, administration support, stimulation of participants and necessity of their continuous training).

The researcher analyses special procedural aspects and important tools of organisational change management (at the level of higher educational establishments). As part of the study, the expert survey was conducted for the purpose of collecting empirical data for the analysis of practical experience of active participants of educational changes. The author surveyed 65 specialists from Ukraine who study the educational change issues in higher educational institutions in their professional or social activities. The survey was conditionally divided into several sections: general, procedural, resources provision of change, instrumental, analysis of change results, informative and analytical, expert evaluation of governmental educational change administration in Ukraine. The majority of questions concerned the determination of the required conditions for successful implementation of educational change. Based on the analysis of contemporary scientific literature, the author defined the logics and consistency of procedures of preparation for and immediate implementation of educational change. The omission of at least one of these procedures threatens the result of the overall process of educational changes. The author suggests that the low efficiency of educational change implementation in Ukrainian educational establishments is caused by neglect or improper use of essential preparation tools and procedures of proper educational change management support (underestimation of needs for sufficient resources, advisory support, awareness-raising campaigns, administration support, stimulation of participants and necessity of their continuous training).

Goal and objectives: The article analyzes the state policy of Russia and China on poverty alleviation, conducted a comparative analysis of the strategy of the two countries in solving the problem, basic areas, social programs, measures, measures of social support for poor categories of citizens. The general and specific approaches of each. The results achieved are considered, as well as the objectives set by each country in this direction for the near and far term. Methods: The study uses a set of general scientific methods, such as analysis, synthesis, generalization, comparison, system-functional and integrated approach. Within the framework of the stated theme, theoretical provisions and modern approaches were systematic on the basis of the study of the works of various authors, federal and regional regulatory documents, official statistics. Results: The theoretical and practical significance of the study is to specify and organize the modern strategic approaches of the state policy of Russia and China, both in the sphere of poverty alleviation and in the provision of state social assistance to poor categories of citizens. These areas of state social policy of each country are not sufficiently researched by national science. The analysis provides an opportunity to identify the state of poverty in Russia and China, actualizes the importance of state policy to reduce poverty in each country, justifies the need for its further improvement in this direction. The findings highlight the positive results achieved by countries to date and identify the ways that have led to them, which can further promote public social policies to overcome poverty in each country and the system of state social assistance to the poor. Scientific novelty: The scientific novelty lies in the study of the state policy of Russia and China to reduce the poverty level of the population, as one of the most acute problems of both countries. The article shows the characteristics of poverty in each country, the scale and concentration of poverty, the trend of changing poverty in recent years as a result of the efforts of states and new strategies in public social policy. Weaknesses and strengths in the state social policy to overcome poverty in Russia and China have been identified. The lack of effectiveness of the organization of state social assistance to poor categories of citizens is justified. The conclusions are drawn on the versatility of ways to overcome poverty, the need to unite the efforts of all countries in this direction, the fruitfulness of the exchange of experience accumulated by different countries.

The author has analyzed the problem aspects of public administration of educational change in modern Ukraine. Special frameworks of public administration of educational change in an information society have been determined. The author has analyzed the categories of the implementation process of educational change. The author has explored the key features of external environment of such activity, formed by regulatory acts for settling relations in a particular area. The author has highlighted a set of contradictions of public management of educational change and recommendations for state agencies regarding the organization of an effective process of implementation of educational change as a social and political process with an emphasis on peculiar properties of the educational change.It is determined that the updated legal and regulatory framework of the educational sector, at the same time, extends the scope of professional freedom of teaching and, hence, sets high requirements for the professionalism of teachers. The change in the focus of educational activity by innovations is declared in terms of practice, interactivity and functionality. The teacher will now create educational and training programs tailored to the needs of students and local communities, will create an open learning environment, taking into account the potential of the school and involving the partners in the educational process. However, it has been proved that the methods of active and problem-searching approach defined in the updated normative provision of education in Ukraine require appropriate conditions for the educational process. An active student becomes an active citizen; school, school environment and class become a micro-society. Like the society itself, the school environment is not devoid of conflicts or problem situations. It is in these conditions that students have the opportunity to learn to consciously identify their own interests and gain experience in civic activity.

The purpose of the article is to analyze and summarize certain archival and published sources, which contain information on the activities of the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia in the interwar period of the XX century. The research methodology is based on regionalist approaches to studying the problem. In the course of the study, general scientific methods were used. First of all, the method of actual data collecting (accumulation of facts) and the method of actual data compiling (analysis) were applied. Also, special methods (biographical, prosopographical, source study analysis) were used to characterize the activities of the Volhynian elite. During the study, a critical method was used, the value of which is a demanding approach to any information until it passes through the research verification. This method has been used most expediently during memoirs handling. The «text era» method is also important. The research novelty is based on outlining the available sources on the history of the Ukrainian Volhynian elite. It is also extended the methodological capabilities understanding of the biographical method in the research of the elite on the source materials basis. An analysis of the saved data about the Volhynian elite has been carried out, since the available sources are not a comprehensive list of possible ones, and further unknown data may be opened at further study. Conclusions. During 1921 – 1939 the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia played a significant role in the history of the region. The materials of the Polish authorities, party documents and the Ukrainian parliamentary representation in Volyn, as well as personal founds of public and political figures have the primary importance for the study of the Ukrainian elite activities of the interwar period in Poland. The source base is also compiled by a few contemporary memoirs of the events under study. The source study analysis of the research problem confirms that the information base of the research is rather extensive and varied. The representativeness and degree of reliability of materials are determined. A comprehensive and impartial approach to the whole set of documents enables to carry out a research analysis of ethno cultural transformation and socio political dimension among the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia in the interwar period of the XX century. The wide source base contributes to the deepening and coverage of various aspects of the ethnic population life of the region and the Ukrainian elite in the force field of the existing Polish government, which embodied the policy of assimilation in the Volyn lands. The comprehensive analysis of archival documents allows us to elaborate on a number of issues that are still not fully considered in Ukrainian historiography.

The purpose of the article is to analyze and summarize certain archival and published sources, which contain information on the activities of the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia in the interwar period of the XX century. The research methodology is based on regionalist approaches to studying the problem. In the course of the study, general scientific methods were used. First of all, the method of actual data collecting (accumulation of facts) and the method of actual data compiling (analysis) were applied. Also, special methods (biographical, prosopographical, source study analysis) were used to characterize the activities of the Volhynian elite. During the study, a critical method was used, the value of which is a demanding approach to any information until it passes through the research verification. This method has been used most expediently during memoirs handling. The «text era» method is also important. The research novelty is based on outlining the available sources on the history of the Ukrainian Volhynian elite. It is also extended the methodological capabilities understanding of the biographical method in the research of the elite on the source materials basis. An analysis of the saved data about the Volhynian elite has been carried out, since the available sources are not a comprehensive list of possible ones, and further unknown data may be opened at further study. Conclusions. During 1921 – 1939 the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia played a significant role in the history of the region. The materials of the Polish authorities, party documents and the Ukrainian parliamentary representation in Volyn, as well as personal founds of public and political figures have the primary importance for the study of the Ukrainian elite activities of the interwar period in Poland. The source base is also compiled by a few contemporary memoirs of the events under study. The source study analysis of the research problem confirms that the information base of the research is rather extensive and varied. The representativeness and degree of reliability of materials are determined. A comprehensive and impartial approach to the whole set of documents enables to carry out a research analysis of ethno cultural transformation and socio political dimension among the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia in the interwar period of the XX century. The wide source base contributes to the deepening and coverage of various aspects of the ethnic population life of the region and the Ukrainian elite in the force field of the existing Polish government, which embodied the policy of assimilation in the Volyn lands. The comprehensive analysis of archival documents allows us to elaborate on a number of issues that are still not fully considered in Ukrainian historiography.

The purpose of the article is to analyze and summarize certain archival and published sources, which contain information on the activities of the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia in the interwar period of the XX century. The research methodology is based on regionalist approaches to studying the problem. In the course of the study, general scientific methods were used. First of all, the method of actual data collecting (accumulation of facts) and the method of actual data compiling (analysis) were applied. Also, special methods (biographical, prosopographical, source study analysis) were used to characterize the activities of the Volhynian elite. During the study, a critical method was used, the value of which is a demanding approach to any information until it passes through the research verification. This method has been used most expediently during memoirs handling. The «text era» method is also important. The research novelty is based on outlining the available sources on the history of the Ukrainian Volhynian elite. It is also extended the methodological capabilities understanding of the biographical method in the research of the elite on the source materials basis. An analysis of the saved data about the Volhynian elite has been carried out, since the available sources are not a comprehensive list of possible ones, and further unknown data may be opened at further study. Conclusions. During 1921 – 1939 the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia played a significant role in the history of the region. The materials of the Polish authorities, party documents and the Ukrainian parliamentary representation in Volyn, as well as personal founds of public and political figures have the primary importance for the study of the Ukrainian elite activities of the interwar period in Poland. The source base is also compiled by a few contemporary memoirs of the events under study. The source study analysis of the research problem confirms that the information base of the research is rather extensive and varied. The representativeness and degree of reliability of materials are determined. A comprehensive and impartial approach to the whole set of documents enables to carry out a research analysis of ethno cultural transformation and socio political dimension among the Ukrainian elite of Western Volhynia in the interwar period of the XX century. The wide source base contributes to the deepening and coverage of various aspects of the ethnic population life of the region and the Ukrainian elite in the force field of the existing Polish government, which embodied the policy of assimilation in the Volyn lands. The comprehensive analysis of archival documents allows us to elaborate on a number of issues that are still not fully considered in Ukrainian historiography.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the process of generating social meanings on the area of European civilization. Authors assign a separate place to the research of the tendency of increasing social activity in local communities, which accompanies decentralization processes in modern Ukraine. The article analyzes the characteristic features of non-tribes, based on the M. Maffesoli's concept of "neo-tribalism", and traces the tendency of reactualization a partly transformed communal way of life of modern tribes. The authors investigate the retrieval of the request for a valuable education in society. It is emphasized on the growing tendency of the filling of the meaning of the professional activity of public administrators, according to the significant request of providing public interests and collective goals by citizens. The authors singled out a new role of public administration — providing public education. In the context of this problem, the authors substantiate the critical need for a successful completion of the authority decentralization reform in Ukraine. Proceeding from the process of neo-tribalism that covers modern Europe, the authors predict the emergence of a new collective identities on the European area. The authors point to a characteristic tendency: Ukrainians are deeply embedded in solving internal problems of society, which manifests in the correction of gaps in cultural and educational policies of past years, self-organization (through volunteer and volunteer movements), civil responsibility for the welfare of their communities, and participation in the management of local affairs. According to the authors, this tendency influences the dominant type of future sociality (it is not the individual "Me", but "Me as a part of community").

Part 1. National Security: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches -- Chapter 1. Review of the Ukrainian Discourse Field of National Security Issues of the Modern State -- Chapter 2. Societal Content and Main Determinants of "National Security" Phenomenon in the Information and Communication Context -- Chapter 3. Systematization of Main Threats to the National Security of the State in Modern Conditions -- Part 2. Informational Security Phenomenon -- Chapter 4. Post Industrial Society and Global Informational Space as Infrastructure Medium and Factor for Actualization of the State Informational Security -- Chapter 5. Substantive Essence and Components of the Societal Phenomenon "Information Security" in the Age of Information Society -- Chapter 6. Formation of Information Security Systems of the State: Current Status, Trends and Problems -- Part 3. Strategic Communications -- Chapter 7. Theoretical Models of Information and Communication Interaction of State and Society in the Context of National Security -- Chapter 8. Place and Role of Strategic Communications in Public Management System -- Chapter 9. Structure and Function of Strategic Communications in the System of National and Informational State Security -- Chapter 10. Current State of Strategic Communications in Ukraine and Their Functional Influence on Efficiency of State Management System -- Part 4. Legitimacy and Legitimation -- Chapter 11. Essence and Content of State-Administrative Duality "Legitimacy" – "Legitimation" and its Place in the Information Security System of the Modern State -- Chapter 12. Comparative Analysis of Conceptual Models of Power Legitimation in Authoritarian, Democratic and Transitional Societies -- Chapter 13. Project Approach in the Executive Bodies Activity of United Territorial Communities as a Modern Mechanism of Local Public Authorities' Legitimation in Ukraine -- Chapter 14. "Legitimacy Crisis" and its Impact on the Stability and Security of the System of Public Authorities of the State During the Formation of the Global Information Space -- Part 5. Informational Wars -- Chapter 15. Information Wars: Historical and Comparative Analysis, Specifics and Factors of Actualization in the Modern World -- Chapter 16. Information Weapons: Forms and Technologies of Modern Information Wars -- Chapter 17. Tools for Counteracting Information Aggression Use of Elements of Information War in Ukraine -- Chapter 18. Mental and Value Features of Ukrainian Society in the Context of "Civilizations Clash" as the Main Object of Information War in Ukraine.

The analysis of scientific approaches to understanding the psychological characteristics of the role of the management team is important in the context of ensuring the organizational development of educational institutions. The purpose of the study is to explore the basic approaches and views of modern researchers on defining team roles, to identify the main functional and role positions in the management team.Determining the types of leadership roles of educational institutions based on empirical research data. Also based on the method of case studies problem-situational analysis − solving leadership problems by educational managers − were analyzed the effectiveness of role-playing positions in management teams. Conclusions were made about the need for some correction of understanding and assessment of the importance of all roles in the staff of heads of educational institutions. Each of these command roles related to specific personality traits identified by the tests.An analysis of the orientation of education leaders towards team roles shows that they tend to focus on all team roles. However, one can say that some roles are more attractive to researchers, while others are less attractive. The government can use the research findings to create and implement training programs for educational leaders.

The article contains the analysis of scientific approaches to understanding of organizational development in the field of educational institutions management as a complex of successive educational changes. Scientific researches on the change of education managers' behavior in the course of changes are presented.Types of education managers attitude to changes and their quantitative expression were determined and revealed based on the data of an empirical research. Almost half of the surveyed education managers are represented by such types as "traditionalist" and "realist", which indicates the insufficient orientation of education managers in introducing innovative changes in educational institutions. This indicates a low level of education managers' readiness to provide the organizational development of educational institutions. The results obtained can be used by the government in developing and implementing the programs for the professional development of education managers. The authors offer the most practical tools for implementing the concept of organizational development. It is proposed to distinguish between special requirements for both professional and personal qualities of education managers.

Upon nearly twenty years since the beginning of commercialization of the Ukrainian higher education system, the intensity of discussion of its purposes, results and possible amendments did not decrease neither among experts nor among the interested public. Supporters and opponents of commercialization note that education is the social branch, which participates in the formation of prerequisites of economic growth. The main point of the article is to disclose the essence of the phenomena of economism and commercialization. Economism is seen as part of globalization of education, a global corporatization of education provides training for the global labor market, using human capital economic theories. As noted by George Spring, the human capital, economists argue that investments in education lead to economic growth, reducing income inequality and increasing employment.The article confirms that the state educational policy as a component of social policy is one of instruments of influence of the state on formation of social structure and is directed to the solution of problems of societal level. It performs relevant sociological examination of transformational processes in education and, in particular, results of commercialization. Thus, it is possible to claim that the educational system tests the uncommon influence of globalization, forming and building a peculiar system of the relations and interaction.