Leonenko P. Methodological aspects of history of economic theory in a context of its development.

The dissertation is devoted to studying of methodological bases of a history of world and Ukrainian economic thought in their forward development on extent ХІХ - by XX century. The determining role of methodology of research in theoretical cognition of the social and economic phenomena, historical process of becoming and development of an economic science, progress of scientific knowledge is found out. The basic models of development of an economic science within the last two centuries are analyzed. In limits and concepts of these models questions of development of conceptual bases of the economic theory (a subject and a method, functions, structure, conceptual-category apparatus, the device, division into periods the process of development, pluralism of schools and directions, classification of economic concepts and sciences) and their reflection in a history of economic doctrines are investigated. The main concepts of market transformations in 90th XX century in Ukraine are revealed and analyzed. Thecomparative analysis of system economic transformations, their social and economic consequences in Ukraine and a number of other countries is carried out.