CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF DEFINITION OF STATE DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY OF UKRAINE
In the article it was noted, that the new ukrainian government is trying to decide the problems in the ukrainian’s society, but its actions are directed first of all at the achievement of the short-term, specific tasks to stabilize the situation in the country. It was emphasized, that its actions can produce some positive results, but the maximum level of their effectiveness can will be, if these tactical tasks will be realized on the basis of long term state strategy. It is determined that the state strategy is a moving social contract social contract concluded by the state government with citizens for a certain period and providing for perspective and long-term planning of the state development. The importance of the state strategy consists in openly proposals of the social values. It founds the basics for the social solidarity in achieving goals and so it constituted the state as unity power. The expediency of establishing a long term for implementing a state development strategy in Ukraine and building a democratic, social state of law as its ultimate goal have been paid attention to. It was emphasized that the determination of the constituent elements of a state strategy can be accomplished by the division of the state as an object of strategic planning into a number of “sub-objects” that have more specific short or medium-term tactical goals in the process. It was suggested that to rely on the scientific apparatus of the theory of state and law for defining these “sub-objects”. But it is a basic fact that the state as a social phenomenon consists of three main components, namely: form, content and essence. It was pointed out the form of the state as an external expression of the content and essence of the state, which are manifested through such elements as the form of political regime, form of state government and form of state-territorial structure. It was stressed out that the content is a sort of ordered set of institutional elements that make up the state. The essence of the state is a set of features of the state, which in unity reflect its qualitative properties, manifested through the functions of the state. It was were summarized that through consideration such elements should determine the long-term of development of the Ukrainian state, which will allow to optimize the process of political-public administration and to ensure its stability, consistency and continuity, based on clearly formulated long-term objectives.