GENERAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL INSURANCE IN UKRAINE IN THE EARLY XX CENTURY: HISTORIC-LEGAL ASPECT

Abstract

Problem setting. The effective functioning of civil society institutions gives the ability to put people at the centre of public and political life, to consider her dignity, rights and freedoms as the highest social value. In turn, the government only under these conditions can actually be responsible before society and the individual for its activity. One of these institutions for the implementation of socio-economic policy of the state directed on protection of the population against social risks is the social security Institute.
The purpose of this article is the analysis of the social security Institute, as well as attempt to identify the main stages of its evolution on the territory of modern Ukraine. Analysis of recent research. Such domestic and foreign scientists as A. V. Bokov, N. A. Vygdorchyk, see A. A. Hriscanski, M. L. Zakharov, A. V. Morozov, P. D. Pilipenko, V. D. Popov et al. have devoted their works to the study of the social security Institute.
The main body. Historical experience demonstrates the creation at the national level: different legal models of social security, which differed significantly among themselves. In particular, one such institution is social security. Scientific research Institute of social insurance in Ukraine has passed several stages. The early work was the late XIX – the early years of the twentieth century.. In the 20-ies of XX century, more attention begins to be paid to the theoretical foundations of social insurance. In 1940-50-ies of the XX century made the first attempts of scientific understanding of the social insurance institution as a form of social protection of the population. In the 60-ies – 80-ies of the XX century appear works on the activities of the social insurance bodies in Ukraine in this period; a striking example is tenvolume edition of «History of Ukrainian SSR».
The author also carried out a periodization of the development of the Institute of social insurance, which includes taking into account foreign experience and its influence on the development of the national Institute. The study of the social insurance evolution in Ukraine showed inconsistent change of approaches to its organization, which took place on insurance principles, and the principles of social security. Experience in the development of public relations reveals that social security is an objective and necessary phenomenon. The objectivity of social insurance due to the risky nature of the market economy and the need to establish financial guarantees to ensure that persons who for certain reasons are unable to participate in the process of material production and to get paid for their work.