Autonomization as a humanitarian form of regulation of domestic ethnopolitical conflicts

Abstract

In context of historical-ethnopolitical approach in article is considered the practice of multi-ethnic states' federalization, based on autonomization of regions of compact residence of self-determined autochthonous ethnicities. Factors of ethnopolitical crises are detected, tendencies of states with multi-ethnic society structure development and major patterns of regional historic-ethnopolitic practice of autonomization are marked on particular historiographic basis. The fact was grounded that research of history of ethnopolitical processes development on particular regional experience give the ability to align theoretical and practical aspects of issue of state arrangement of multi-ethnic society. This experience has in its basic the ethnopolitical nature and is stipulated by ethnopolitical conflict. In opinion of authors, this experience has a practical significance for overcoming of centrifugal tendencies and exit from situation of ethnopolitical crisis. The significance of autinomization as efficient mechanism of overcoming of crisis phenomena on the level of ethnopolitical relations of state and ethnic group, stipulated by contradictions of ethopolitical practices is postulated. The essence of modern national-state autonomy and its rose as political-legal guarantor of life capability of ethnic group and ethnopolitical stability is determined. On basis of autonomization practice of states of Western Europe and CIS is formulated the conclusion about the fact that autonomization can serve as a practical model in issue of overcoming of political crisis of Ukraine in procedure of optimization of its state arrangement on basis of autonomization of national regions.