Social Protection of the Population in the Context of Armed Aggression, Post-War Recovery, and European Integration of Ukraine, BOROVYK TETIANA, DOLOKA LUDMILA, DANYLEVSKA LUDMILA Social Protection of the Population in the Context of Armed Aggression, Post-War Recovery, and European Integration of Ukraine

Abstract

The world’s economic, social and political conditions are constantly changing, so the social protection system must be flexible, adaptive and take into account new challenges and trends, introduce innovations, and improve its efficiency to ensure stable and equitable development of society. For independent Ukraine, social protection is a relatively new social institution. Today, the system of legal regulation of social protection in Ukraine is established, but it is quite complex and includes a wide range of legislative acts. The purpose of this research is to summarize scientific findings and analyze the legal framework for the efficient functioning of the institution of social protection of the population in modern conditions, and to substantiate the government policy of building a model of national social policy of Ukraine which conforms to the principles and meets the standards of the European Union’s social policy. The novelty of the work lies in the further development of approaches to studying the theoretical aspects of social protection. The research is based on the data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, expert opinions, and open source information. The methods of measurement, grouping, comparative analysis, induction, deduction and generalization, etc. are used in the research. The article examines the concept of social protection in Ukraine as a system, defines the hierarchical levels of its legal regulation. The authors identify and characterize the specific functions of social protection which most fully reflect the essence of the country’s socio-economic life. Based on the analysis of the legal framework, the authors characterize the main state social guarantees for citizens and their dynamics. Considerable attention is given to the role of social protection in the context of military aggression, and the government’s involvement in solving urgent problems is outlined. In addition, the authors analyze the government’s policy on the necessity of introducing a new model of social policy that would conform to the principles and meet the standards of the European Union’s social policy.