Welfare of the individual and the society in the period of post-war recovery in Ukraine: the study of conflicts in the process of searching for a balance of interests
Abstract
The article examines contradictions and defines the primary tasks of state authorities to achieve a mutually acceptable balance of interests of the individual, society and the state in promoting welfare in the post-war period of Ukraine’s development. Promoting welfare in Ukraine during the post-war recovery period involves: overcoming the large-scale consequences of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, efforts to bring the standard of living closer to European standards, responding to long-term security risks from the Russian Federation.
In order to establish contradictions in the process of finding a balance of interests, an interdisciplinary approach was used to take into account the main provisions of the science of public administration, economic theory, and the theory of national security. The purpose of the article determined the use of the bibliographic method and comparative analysis, comparative and statistical analysis, and the abstract-logical method.
Approaches to establishing contradictions in achieving a mutually acceptable balance of interests of man and society in the aspect of promoting welfare are systematized. Due to the unprecedented negative consequences of the invasion of the Russian Federation, the deepening of conflicts of interests that take place in: the complicity of stakeholders for the protection and realization of the human right to an adequate standard of living, the right to housing, the right to access to energy; manifestations of Russia’s influence on the intensification of social tension in society, pressure on state authorities through the tools of hybrid aggression, using the spread of the humanitarian crisis, the decrease in the welfare of Ukrainians; the growing spread of economic inequality, the reduction of the middle class, the growth of inequality in the distribution of income between the population, despite the decrease in economic inequality between Ukraine and individual EU countries. In order to achieve a mutually acceptable balance of the interests of man and society in the aspect of promoting well-being, the priority tasks of state authorities for responding to contradictions in the post-war period of Ukraine’s development have been defined.
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