Comparative analysis of social protection models of the European Union and Ukraine

Abstract

Modern socio-political practice of developed democracies of the world shows that the most successful are those where the whole system of public administration puts people first. The social security system plays an extremely important role in this matter. Without it, it is difficult to imagine the successful construction of a welfare state. From this point of view, it is interesting to study the experience of developed democracies in social security and the application of this experience in Ukrainian political realities. The methodological basis of scientific work is a set of general and special methods and techniques of scientific knowledge, the practical application of which allowed to obtain scientifically sound conclusions. The purpose of this work is to characterize the main models of social policy, comparative analysis of models of social protection in European Union member states and Ukraine, identify the main positive and negative aspects of each, as well as justifications and proposals for adapting European best practices in Ukraine.