EVOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION MECHANISM FOR THE YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE

The article provides insight into the structure of the government regulation mechanism for the youth civic engagement. It has been established that legislative and regulatory legal acts, which form a constituent part of this mechanism, could be divided into three large sets. The first set consists of the legal acts regulating the external impact factors of the youth civic engagement. It has been demonstrated that the second set of laws within the government regulation mechanism for the youth civic engagement regulates educational and awareness-raising aspects of establishing civic awareness in young people. The article introduces the chronology of the adoption of the key legal regulations in the area of the youth patriotic upbringing. The component of the government regulation mechanism for the youth civic engagement, which accounts for creating opportunities to implement the youth initiative, consists of statutory provisions for the legal support of the youth participation in social and political life. Furthermore, the article establishes the main policy documents that form an integral part of the government regulation mechanism for the youth civic engagement. The chronology of the adoption of the most essential legal regulations in the area of the youth patriotic upbringing has been reviewed. It has been determined that regulatory acts on national-patriotic education of young people comprise the most extensive component of government regulation mechanism for the youth civic engagement. However, a significant number of regulatory legal acts on different aspects of establishment, development and implementation of the youth civic engagement contains contradictory provisions. This attests to the fact that a comprehensive approach to the solution of these issues has yet to be developed.