Andrushchenko H. Credit Relations within the Structure of Subsistence Fund: Sociological Aspect.

In the dissertation essence, structure and peculiarities of the functioning of credit relations within the system of enrichment of subsistence means are established for the first time in sociological aspect; the dissertation presents stages of evolution of credit relations and their social and economic criteria in Ukraine with application of formational and chronological approaches, clarifies understanding of credit relations as type of social relations, as form of social exchange, as type of social trust relations. Essence of crediting as social institute was substantiated. It clarifies essence and contents of the notion "subsistence fund" as a sociological conception; for the first time subsistence fund consisting of two parts (natural property and monetary) was complemented with the third part - social reproducing. Motivation factors of people in transforming society were determined. For the first time social influence of credit relations upon the state of subsistence fund of an individual was discovered. Ways of improvement of credit relations and their influence upon the formation of subsistence fund in Ukrainian society were clarified.