Social Policy in a Territorial Community: Topical Issues of its Implementation in the Conditions of Formation of Social Statehood

Abstract

In the article the author investigates the concept of social policy and processes of its transformation at local and regional levels. The author proves need for modernization of main directions of implementation of the social policy at the level of territorial communities, the aim of which is to supply population of the respective territory with a set of material goods and social services, thereby providing the realization of social function of local self-government and further development of Ukraine as a social state. In the article urgent problems of implementation of social policy in a territorial community have been analyzed and suggestions concerning ways to increase the efficiency of social policy have been mentioned, in particular the author pays attention to the necessity of decentralization of the power and adequate differentiation of powers of public authorities and local self-government, and also the responsibility for development of social infrastructure and quality of the provided services.