COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CIVIL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETIES IN UKRAINE AND POLAND

Abstract

A comparative analysis of the processes of institutionalization of civil society in Ukraine and Poland was carried out. It was revealed that in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the situation with social and political movements in Ukraine and Poland was similar, but soon the situation began to undergo deep and significant distortions. At the same time, the thesis about the consequential nature of the revitalization/weakening of civic activity in connection with uneven economic development or decline of the national economy cannot withstand criticism, because there is a correlation here, and not a clear determination. It was revealed that the significant differences between Ukraine and Poland that have developed over the past 30 years are caused not only by the economic reforms of the 1990s, but also by the dynamics of the activity of the nongovernmental sector, which was often the driving force behind the reformation of post-socialist Poland with further movement and entry into the European Union in 2004. of the Union. Highlighting the main features during the contextualization of both processes in the states allows us to talk about the set of factors and reasons that became the reasons for satisfactory or weakened movement and liveliness of civil initiatives. Based on objective data, it seems possible to recommend certain ways to improve the current state of affairs, or to break mediocre trends. All this together forms a powerful theoretical-methodological complex of practical direction, in which a clear necessity for modern Ukraine can be traced. During the active discussion about Euro integration and Atlantic aspirations, there is a direct need for a road map, which can be drawn up only if there is a base of empirical material, which is partially offered to us by the Republic of Poland.