THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL GUARANTEES IN THE STATE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM

Abstract

Background. The article examines the modern role of the democratic state in ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens, in particular with regard to social protection. Taking into account the broad obligations that the state bears to citizens, special attention is paid to the system of legislative, institutional and organizational support for the realization of these rights and freedoms. The background context of the study notes the relevance of the problem of social protection in modern society. The main goal of the study is to determine the role of social protection in the social security system and to justify its importance in the context of public administration.

Methods. The article uses a number of general and special methods of scientific research to study the system of social protection of the population. Dialectical method: made it possible to single out a false understanding of the organizational support for the construction of the state's social protection policy. System method: made it possible to investigate the social and economic content of social protection, as well as to systematize its determinants. Comparative method: was used to study the approaches of different authors to the definition of the concept of "social protection". Generalization method: was used to provide own understanding of the concept of "social protection" based on the analysis of previous studies and comparison of different approaches.

Results. The article analyzes the social protection of the population and reveals a number of determinants that characterize these concepts. The main results of the study include the following: Social protection involves the mandatory participation of the state through a minimally determined level of state support for certain categories of the population that are in a situation of social risks and have a standard of living lower than the average in society. The system of social standards determines not only the realization of individual rights, but also ensures the implementation of these rights by the state.

Conclusions. The study points to the important role of social protection in the formation and development of a full-fledged personality and social potential, which contributes to increasing the intensity of socio-economic processes in the state. The introduction of the social protection system opens up the possibility of consolidating the resources of vulnerable segments of the population and their return to active socio-economic activity, which contributes to considering the costs of social security as social investments.