Open AccessCivil Society in Ukraine: Strategies and Strategemes of Functioning and Development
Author(s) -
Valentyn Krysachenko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ukraïnoznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2413-7103
pISSN - 2413-7065
DOI - 10.30840/2413-7065.1(78).2021.225455
Subject(s) - civil society , ukrainian , politics , political science , context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , situational ethics , state (computer science) , identity (music) , power (physics) , independence (probability theory) , political economy , public administration , sociology , law , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , acoustics , biology
The article studies the functioning and development of civil society in Ukraine. In times of statelessness, it was the self-organization and resistance of the Ukrainian people that guaranteed the preservation of their identity and implementation of liberation strategies. Civil society has played a decisive role in gaining the independence of modern Ukraine and serves as a kind of precautionary mechanism for stabilizing crisis situations in its development. Attention is drawn to the importance of political strategies for reforming society and threats to substitute them with strategemes – situational concepts of influencing public opinion. Emphasis is put on the need to improve the relationship between civil society and various branches of power, moreover at different levels of government. This causes civic identity formation as conscious self-determination by citizens of their exclusive affiliation to the Ukrainian state and territorial space. Of particular importance is the improvement of political and legal support for such cooperation in the context of attempts to use public organizations for illegal activities, including the support of the aggressor country’s policy.