POLITICAL-LEGAL FACTORS IN THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL IDENTITY
Purpose: through applied research to identify and analyze the opinions and assessments of the inhabitants of the region in relation to the formation of regional identity and to identify the main factors affecting this process. Methods: structural and functional approach, which allowed to identify the main elements of political and legal factors influencing the process of formation of regional identity: semiotic, normative and distributive components; socio-constructivist paradigm, which outlined the broad boundaries of the factors influencing the process of formation of regional identity; and phenomenological theory, which concentrated the process of formation of regional identity on the world of everyday life of the inhabitants of the region. Structural-functional approach, social-constructivist paradigm and phenomenological theory influenced the choice of a specific method of applied research: face-to-face questionnaire. Results: on the basis of the analysis of the data obtained in the course of empirical sociological research, the opinions of the inhabitants of the region on the process of formation of regional identity are analyzed and on this basis to determine the structure of political and legal factors affecting this process, namely: semiotic, normative and distributive components. Scientific novelty: for the first time through the use of theoretical and empirical methods, the system of factors influencing the formation of the regional identity of a particular social subject is investigated. Practical value: the conclusions can be used in scientific and management activities when considering the management of the process of formation of regional identity.