Hohol T. Mechanisms of state regulation of development of rural territories of Ukraine

The dissertation research offers a solution to an actual problem in the field of public administration science - scientific justification and development of practical recommendations for improving the mechanisms of state regulation of rural development in Ukraine. The dissertation for the first time developed the structure of a complex mechanism of state regulation of rural development as an orderly set of internal relations of the process of public administration, which ensure reproducibility under changing conditions. Based on the theoretical and methodological analysis, the content, conceptual approaches, principles, strategic priorities of integrated development and ways to improve the mechanisms of regulating the development of rural areas of Ukraine, taking into account the possibilities of implementing progressive foreign experience in this area. It was found that the current condition of state regulation of rural development is due to the rationale for an expanded approach to rural development, as well as mutual agreement on their separation into a separate sectoral area of public administration. It was found that the European integration vector of Ukrainian foreign policy predetermines the necessity of new strategical approaches implementation to the formation of state policy in agricultural and the development of rural area, based on EU goals and orientations the factors characteristic of the current development stage of most concepts of state regulation of rural development in the EU countries have been identified. The paper presents the results of the modeling of the integrated mechanism of state regulation of rural development and determines its structure. It is proved that the system of rural development is a complex, multifaceted entity that requires the use of mechanisms of state regulation, which are based on a set of links, interactions between needs, interests of the rural population, subjects and objects of management of this system: regulatory ; economic, organizational; social; institutional; information and communication. It is established that the first step towards the formation of a modern system of state regulation should be the development of an appropriate сoncept of state policy for rural development, which covers a set of priorities on which state regional policy will focus during the next planning period. Key words: state regulation, rural territories, complex mechanism of state regulation, model of conceptual support, self - sufficient territorial community.