Abstract:

The state of democratic transition in Ukraine is considered to be prolonged. The causes of the country's delay in this state and the peculiarities of conducting national democratic reforms, which are in close connection with both the dynamics of internal political events and global geopolitical challenges, are determined. It is argued that the prospects of Ukraine's passage from a state of democratic transition to a real democracy directly depend on the quality and scope of the implementation of democratic instruments in the daily life of the society and administration practices of the authorities. The strategy of strengthening the state's participation in solving complex socio-economic tasks is based on the tasks of uniting on the principles of delegation of powers and expansion of the competences of local authorities while narrowing the echelons of public administration at the regional level.