Демократичні цінності в українському суспільстві

The art icl e cont in ue s the ser ie s of publ ic at io ns as for val ue orie nt at io ns of Uk ra i ne’s po pu la ti on on the ba sis of re sults of three na ti o nal rep re sen ta ti ve sur veys of the adult po pu la ti on of Uk ra i ne exe cu ted by the Cen tre “So ci al mo ni tor ing” and the O. Yar em enk o Ukr ai n ia n Inst it ut e for Soc ia l Res ea rch aim ed at the study of the system of val ue orie nt at io ns of the pop ul at io n in the fram e of in ter na ti o nal stu di es World Va lu es Sur vey (1996, 2006) and Eu ro pe an Val ue s Surv ey (1999). Gen er ally, the study of the dom in ant prio r it ie s and exp ect at io ns of the peo pl e test if ie s that the proc ess es char act er iz ed by the en han ce ment and streng the ning of de moc racy, bu si ness ini ti a ti ve, in de pen den ce in thin king and ac ti ons, in di vi du a li za ti on, in no va ti ve ness, and inc li na ti on to suc cess are in ten si fi ed.