Ishcenko O. Political mechanisms of regulating power relations under conditions of Ukrainian society transformation: historico-political analysis

In this thesis theoretico-methodological principles of studying power and political mechanisms of power relations are analyzed. Theoretico-methodological instruments of the problem and conceptual priorities of transforming the state and mechanisms of power relations are detalized. The research of historiography of the problem and comparative analysis of approaches, ideas and doctrines of contemporary science in interpreting political mechanisms of regulating power relations has been carried out.Retrospective analysis of ideas and concepts of Ukrainian state power and the appearance and development of power mechanisms has been done. The author determined the main directions of optimization and analyzed theories and concepts as to the ways of democratization of political mechanisms of regulating power relations under conditions of transformation of Ukrainian society.