THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: MOTIVES, PRACTICES AND CONTRADICTIONS OF INTERACTIONS

Abstract

Attention to the problems of civil society, its level of development, socio-political positioning, vectors, and forms of interaction within the state increases during radical social changes, when the contradictions in the systems «human — society» and «society — state» deepen and intensify. Research of problems of Ukrainian civil society’s formation and development involves defining and binding of at least two of its planes — theoretical and practical. Their essential features are incompleteness and imperfection. Ukrainian scientists are working on a theoretical justification and development of an appropriate model for the implementation of civil society ideas in our country. This problem acquires special importance in terms of its transition from a predominantly theoretical to a practical plane. Involving civil society’s ideas in solving the problems of transformation processes, on the one hand, is an objective need, on the other hand, it creates many contradictions, in particular, of an institutional nature, and contradictions caused by the specifics of the current stage of social development. These contradictions and the need to overcome them explain the close attention of scientists to the scientific and practical problems of a civil society, the theoretical study of its foundations and the search for effective ways of implementation. The driver of this theoretical and practical activity is dissatisfaction with the current situation, dynamics and level of the governmental and political development. At the same time, the effectiveness of interaction between the state and civil society largely depends on the level of this society’s development, the capacity of its institutions, the success of government cooperation with the public and legislative support of this process, and ultimately on the general level of political culture and education.