Ostrenko E. Political class as the factor of the state building in modern Ukraine.

In the dissertation the complex analysis of a problem of a political class in modern Ukraine as the leading factor of the state building is carried out. Substantial borders of concept "political class", its parity with concepts "political elite" and "ruling class" are specified. On the basis of generalization of theoretical base its most essential typological criteria are systematized: representative office of interests of citizens; presence of levers of influence on distributing of resources and plenary powers of political power; professional political activity; formal status in society. The structural features of the political class and the stages of its formation in Ukraine are analyzed. Subsequent development of the study of the political class in transitive conditions is acquired, the role of the regional factor in its operation is found out. The need to implement a holistic mechanism of political accountability and democratic model of the political class in Ukraine is justified.