15 УДК 005.35;316.3(477) Гаєвська О. Б. 1 , доктор філософських наук, професор, ДВНЗ «Київський національний економічний університет імені Вадима Гетьмана», Київ, Україна. gaev_ok@mail.ru ДЕРЖАВА — ОСНОВНИЙ ІНСРМЕН САМОПРАВЛІНН ССПІЛСВА ( ) Анотація. П - , , - , - - - . Д , , , ’ - , . В - , - , - ’ . Ключові слова: , , , , . Аннотация. П - - , , , - . Д , - , - , - , - . В , - , , - . Ключевые слова: , , , - , . Abstract. It is offered social and system approach to understanding the governance role of the state which is reflected not in strengthening its power functions or increasing its predominance, but significantly in governmental structures’ moving towards professional servicing organizational and legal needs of the society and its self-organization. It is proved according to analysis of the current world civilizational trends that in relations between leading states as well as between social structures within states which are represented in functional and institutional aspects, one should mainly focus on institutional ones which are crucial in the mankind’s historical development to the highest level of its system organization. With due regard to the noted position as a research interpretation of the problem self-organizational potential of Ukrainian society is of need of 1 Gaievska O. B., Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Professor, Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadim Hetman, Kyiv, Ukraine.gaev_ok@mail.ru STATE — THE MAIN INSTRUMENT OF SELF-MANAGEMENT OF SOCIETY (to the question of Ukrainian realities)