CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION: PROBLEMS, SPECIFICS AND MODELS

Abstract

Civil society has become one of the most controversial and used terms in recent years, but the frequent references to civil society, politicians, scientists and civil society does not talk about his knowledge and clarity of interpretations. Despite the numerous works dedicated to the civil society nor in the interpretation, not the terminology, nor in its numerous faces, there is still no clarity and opening. The relevant and unexplored question is the types of models of civil society. The greatest practical activity of civil society unfolded in the post-Soviet States. Civil society has played an active role in occurrence of which is, destroying the modes contributing to the transformation. The article considers the model of civil society, the specificity and the kinds of models developing in the post-Soviet States.