Політичні партії як суб’єкти формування соціальної політики: дискурсивний вимір

Abstract

The article examines the discursive dimension of political parties as subjects of the formation of social policy. The urgency of the study of discursive dimension allows to see the role of various subjects and their relations in the dynamic space of political discourse – a conflict public polylogue, to clarify the essence and main directions of political discourse on social policy, and to increase the effectiveness of party policy on this issue. It is in the political discourse on social policy that the differences between the party-led struggle on the “power-opposition” line and the difficult search for consensus between different social groups claiming to divide the public good are fully manifested. The purpose of the article is to study the discursive dimension of the activities of political parties as subjects of the formation of social policy. The essence of the concept “state social policy”, legal and political features of the understanding of social policy in the historical-theoretical context and the purpose of political development of Ukraine are determined. The features of the discourse of political parties as subjects of formation of social policy are noted. Particular attention is paid to the study of social policy in the electoral programs of the Socialist Party of Ukraine, the party “Petro Poroshenko Bloc” “Solidarity” party, the Popular Front Party, the Radical Party Oleg Lyashko, the Political Party “Opposition Bloc”, the Political Party “Association “Self-help”, “All-Ukrainian Association” Batkivshchyna”.