Iskhakova N. Political socialization as a component of modern society's democratization.

The dissertation highlights the peculiarities of the political socialization process under the conditions of modern society democratization. On the grounds of the analyses of foreign and home approaches to the problem of the political socialization in is clearly shown that this process is depended on the development of all the system of existing of social - political relations and institutions and by the functioning of the society political system, where the main factor is political regime. The characteristic features of this process in democratic and undemocratic regimes are elucidated. The general peculiarities of political socialization are determined analyzing the processes of democratization in last authoritarian and last communist countries. The basic contradictions under the conditions of democratic transformation in the modern Ukrainian society are determined. The influence of the dominating institution and social factors to the character of the Ukrainian population involving to the political process has been analyzed. The general tendencies in the process of development of the social and political relationships have been determined. The recommendations concerning the tendencies of harmonization of the political socialization of the Ukrainian society are also set.