Semenets-Orlova I. The Conceptual Basics of Public Family Policy: Theoretical and Practical Аnalysis

The thesis present the conceptual principles of family policy as independent direction of social policy. The historical and theoretical genesis of family policy іs described, tasks in the sphere of defence of the family and guaranteeing of the family welfare, into which the states ran on the different stages of the development, are analyzed. The analysis of conceptions, directed on realization of the family support measures in the modern models of family policy in EU is carried out on the basis of numerous criteria. The theoretical foundations of the conceptual directions of modernization of family policy are outlined. The modern prospects of subsequent development of the family support system in EU and Ukraine are analyzed on the basis of analysis of the activity of the European scientific family policy networks.