Structure of civil society

Any country includes civil society. The concept and structure of such a society is a system of relations that occur outside the state, and public institutions that give a person the opportunity to realize his civil rights and expresses the different needs and interests of each member of society.

The structure of civil society consists of the following components: political parties, political and social movements, business associations, consumer associations, charity funds. Cultural and scientific communities, sports organizations, political clubs, independent media, church, family.

In addition, the structure of civil society has its own characteristics:

- the presence of private entrepreneurs;

- great development and ramifications of democracy;

- protection of the rights of all citizens;

- The established level of culture of the population.

Civil society exists, relying on several main principles:

- equality of all people in the sphere of politics;

- guarantee of legal support and protection of the rights of citizens, based on adopted laws, which have legal force in the world community;

- the economic freedom of individuals, which is based on the right of any person to own property or receive a monetary reward for labor activity;

- the ability of citizens to join groups, parties in accordance with professional characteristics and preferences, supported by legislation;

- Creation of the required material and other conditions for the development of science, culture and education, forming citizens as free, honest, cultured, highly moral and responsible to the established members of society;

- Freedom to create and follow the activities of the media without establishing state censorship;

- the existence of a mechanism that balances the relationship between the state and society, and also ensures the safety of the members of the latter on the part of state organs.

The structure of civil society and the state is connected by multiple links. The state exercises managerial and mediating functions in the life of members of society, it should not come into contact with the values and institutions of citizens, but with the help of a system of horizontal links it covers all spheres of social relations. In addition, a large number of public elements and institutions have an insignificant position, only a little intertwined with the structures of the state, as well as with civil society. The main example is the political party ruling at the moment, which was created from the depths of society, but at the same time has a close relationship with the government. Thus, civil society and the state are closely interconnected, forming two parts of one social organism.

Civil society can not be considered a collection of individuals who consider the law of their lives anarchy. This is a certain form of community of people, including the totality of their organizations that ensure the joint material and spiritual existence of citizens, satisfying their desires and needs. The state is an official expression of society, that is, political being. Elements of civil society are people, and the structure of civil society includes the sphere of realization of individual and collective interests of these people. And the state, in turn, is a sphere for expressing common interests. The requirements of civil society must necessarily be satisfied by the will of the state in order subsequently to establish its universal significance in the form of laws.