The Problem of Formation of Civil Society in Russia

The article is devoted to the question of creation of civil society in the democratizing Russia after the demise of the Soviet Union. The author argues that the shrinking powers of the state and increasing degree of diversity of society requires transfer of functions of political governance to the structures of civil society. But the decision on the applicability of Western liberal democratic model of civil society for a multinational and multiconfessional Russia and the participation of government in this process demands much attention.

civil society, civilization, Russia, democracy, national sovereignty, the situation of postmodern