Трансформация общества: теоретико-методологические подходы украинских ученых

The works of Ukrainian scientists, in which attention is paid to the notion of “transformation of society” (“social transformation”), are analyzed in the article. The essence of theories and concepts, in which scientists propose to consider the transformation of Ukrainian society, in particular, binary transformation, patrimonialism, normatively-personality conception is revealed. The author defines two dimensions of the notion “transformation of society” – theoretical and applied.