existence of economic contradictions and a significant decrease in the level and quality
of life of the population, which are conditioned primarily by the crisis slump in
production and the processes of deep divide of society by income. Today, when one of
the most important target plants is the achievement of world standards, Ukraine seeks
to integrate into the world and European spaces, therefore, in these conditions, the issue
of the need to improve approaches to the diagnosis of the socio-economic situation of
the population becomes of particular urgency and significance. The updating of this
problem is intensified by the spread of processes of socio-economic exclusion, as a
phenomenal phenomenon of seizing the personality from the surrounding society. Such
processes acquire not only locally-regional scale, but tend to spread to all spheres of
activity and life support of a person. Socio-economic development of the country, as
the main objective of any state policy, is determined precisely by indicators of a long-
term process of transformation in the economy, covering quantitative and qualitative
changes, which results in the growth of the well-being of the individual ordinary person
and society as a whole.
In today's conditions of development of the national economy of Ukraine, the need
to resolve socio-economic tensions and conflict situations, reducing their destructive
influence on the behavior of society – more than available. That is why the theoretical
and empirical research of social tension as a phenomenon is of key importance, which
allows not only to predict and manage social conflicts but also to promote positive
moves towards full integration into the EU countries and compliance with NATO
requirements.
The formation of the welfare of the population of Ukraine occurs under the
influence of many factors that affect the special conditions for meeting the needs of
citizens. The development and establishment of market relations over the last decade
was accompanied by a number of negative trends such as a significant reduction in
income, growing wealth and social class differentiation of society, the widespread
spread of poverty, the decline of industrial production, unemployment, rising prices
and the complexity of adapting people to new economic conditions, hampered the
economic and social growth of the state. All these factors trigger the emergence of
socio-economic exclusion, which makes impossible the full socio-economic
development of the country. The exclusion is manifested, in particular because of the
inability of certain segments of the population to obtain high-quality medical and
educational services precisely because of their too high value. Usually such economic
barriers block social and public initiatives of the individual, deprive the economic
opportunity to be a full member of society. Consequently, the issue of developing a
system of indicators for diagnosing the level and quality of life of the population,
making changes to the modern welfare concept, reflecting its structure and
characteristics, remains open and requires further research.
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