Oliynyk Y. Institutionalization, national peculiarities and prospects of Political Science development in Ukraine.

The thesis presents a complex analysis of the process of Political Science institutionalization in Ukraine. There have been systematized the theoretical and methodological fundamentals of Political Science. Also the level of scientific elaboration of the problem and the source basis of the research is analysed. Preconditions of national Political Science institutionalization have been revealed. Influence of state research institutes and non-governmental analytical institutions on the development of Political Science in Ukraine has been studied. The tendencies which describe the change of the topic of scientific research and the process of forming national scientific schools are analysed in the thesis. Prospects of Ukrainian Political Science development have been defined.