Social security: essence, threats and ways of maintenance

Abstract

It was identified the meaning and sources of threats of social security, as well as the ways of ensuring it. The paper discovers methodological potential of human capital theory, the model of human development and the concept of human security justifying the transition from the concept of security, to the concept of security, person-centered. A new definition of the essence of security has been grounded: the transition from the preferential orientation of the territorial security to a much greater focus on human security, from security through armaments to security through sustainable human development. The meanings of safety as a social phenomenon have been enhanced. The term «social security» received a new semantic content: it is not just protection from threats, but also tools to assess the degree of realization of the objectives of social policy. On the basis of indicators of social security threats to social security have been differentiated particularly for the contemporary Ukraine. As main directions of social ordering of life in Ukraine we identify: modernization, civil self-organization and legitimation.