Analysis of the state governance mechanism in the sphere of social protection for participants of the antiterrorist operation in the east of Ukraine

This article contains a piece of scientific and theoretical analysis of social and legal relations in state governance in the sphere of social protection for participants of the Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) in the east of Ukraine. In considers specific elements of social protection for ATO participants and their family members as well as the structure of the state governance mechanism hereof. The paper also overviews and characterizes specific types of state governance mechanisms in the sphere of social protection for ATO participants. At the same time, the text demonstrates a scientific investigation into a comprehensive state governance mechanism in the sphere of social protection for participants of the Antiterrorist Operation (ATO) in the east of Ukraine and their family members.