The Institutional Role of Civic Organizations in Overcoming Social Passivity of the Russian Citizens
In the article the institutional and social-political role of civic organizations and importance of their everyday activity for the stimulation of social and civic activity of the Russian citizens is analyzed. The author underlies that to overcome social paternalism one needs a co-participation of civic organizations and civic initiatives. Therefore civic organizations should have an important institutional meaning in the social-political space of the country.