Padalka A. Civil competence as factor of state power democratization

Object of dissertation research - process of democratization of state authority. Purpose of dissertation research - study of factors of democratization of state authority by determination of influencing of civil competence on development of modern Ukrainian society. Research methods - structural-functional approach, methods of generalization, synthesis, monitoring of public opinion, allowed content-analysis of data to develop the indexes of the formed civil competence in Ukraine and define the levels of formed of civil competence. Practical value - results of dissertation research, both his separate theoretical positions and general conception can be used in work of public authorities and local self-government, by the departments of co-operation with political parties, by the managements of co-operation with political parties and public organizations, by the information-analytic departments of government department, in particular, in the process of monitoring of electoral companies in regions. The scientific novelty of the got results consists in the following: the indexes of determination of level of formed of civil competence are first got by means which possibly to measure the process of democratization of state authority; conception of measuring of level of trust/mistrust to public authorities by means monitoring of public opinion is improved; research of civil competence got further development as high-quality description of democratic society, that shows up in the electoral conduct of citizens.