Shafranosh O. Characteristic features of the phenomenon of counterculture in the context of socio-political processes in the United States in the 50-70 years of the twentieth century.

The dissertation analyzes the formation and explanation of the phenomenon of counterculture in the United States in the socio-political and cultural spheres in the context of socio-political processes in the 50-70s of the 20th century. Complex approach to the study of the theory of counterculture and subculture is realized. For the first time, the counterculture in 50-70 years of the twentieth century in the US is investigated as a particular political, social, cultural phenomenon, with an emphasis on its political component. The genesis, development and decay of counterculture as an integral process that influenced the formation of the latest youth movements, political movements that are actively developing in the whole world, including Ukraine, has been researched. In the dissertation was proposed the typology of directions of scientific approaches to the definition of the concept of counterculture. The results of this study can be used in the research and forecasting of the development of modern youth movements and subcultures in Ukraine and in countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as the overwhelming majority of them take over the experience of their direct ideological predecessors from the United States. An important way of practical implementation of the results of the Ph.D. thesis is the formation of materials for special courses in political sociology, the theory of political culturology, the theory of social movements in political science.