Timashova V. Constituting and Functioning of the Political Sphere of the Transit Society: Theoretical and Methodological Analysis

The main purpose of the study was the complex conceptualization of the phenomenon of the modern political sphere of transit society. The scientific novelty of the dissertation consists in conceptualizing the phenomenon of the political sphere, constructing the theoretical and methodological model of the political sphere, clarifying its components, differentiating the spheres of public life, revealing the nature of the political sphere, which determines the course of the constitution and functioning of its institutions and structures in the conditions of political modernization of Ukraine. It was proposed the concept of the scientific episteme «The theory of the political sphere of transit society». The main features of the political sphere of modern transit society are outlined. The logic of the localization of the political sphere in the context of other spheres of public life depending on its influence on neighboring spheres with its related branches of life is elucidated. As a result, the extent and intensity of the influence of the political sphere on the livelihoods of people in any country determines the type of political regime, the model of civil society, the modus of the constitutional order, the form of political government of the country. For the multi-ethnic society of Ukraine in the reform of the political sphere, special conditions and rules are proposed such as: non-interference in private life, humanitarian and cultural autonomy of regions and regions, unity in opposites, decentralization of political power as a promising way of developing an independent sovereign Ukraine to democracy.