Klimenko G. Trends in the development of service as a social institution in the scope of housing and communal facilities in modern Ukrainian society.

Object: service as a social institution. Purpose: conceptualization of factors and trends of service as a social institution in the scope of housing and communal facilities in modern Ukrainian society. Methods: analysis and synthesis, comparison, typological method of data analysis, the unity of historical and logical, expert interviews, focused group interviews. Theoretical and practical results: the author's proposed definition of "social institution of service", which is considered comprehensively, using institutional matrix (by S. Kirdina); It is introduced the concept of "modernization potential of the Institute of Service"; distinguished and characterized three stages of service activities in the Ukrainian society. The novelty: the development of the sociological concept of service as a social institution in the scope of housing and communal facilities in modern Ukrainian society. Stage of implementation: key findings of the study and used in teaching courses on the sociology of economics, sociology of social management, as well as special courses of service activities in separate branches for students of the O.M. Becetov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv.