SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN UKRAINIAN SOCIETY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PROTRACTED STRUCTURAL CRISIS

The article studies the relations arising in the process of social exclusion, and theoretical and methodological foundations of emergence of social exclusion. The concept of social exclusion highlights the versatility of the problem and includes institutional, political and economic foundation that generates this phenomenon. Poverty, impossibility of employment, lack of income makes people socially excluded. This phenomenon is especially enhanced during the crisis in society. The population of rural areas is most exposed to exclusion. The highest risk of social exclusion is associated with large families; equally important factor is the presence of unemployment in the family and a significant differentiation of life conditions. The state should take care of its citizens, improve living standards, create new jobs and ensure exercising of their constitutional rights; to do so it is necessary to provide new industrialization, create new social institutions and ensure the social development of society.