LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CIVIL INITIATIVES
The article deals with the terms “civil society” and “local community”, it reveals their common etymology, functional definitions, signs of civil society in local communities are given, the criteria for the structuring of local communities based on civic initiatives and application of social engineering in the formation of civil society in local communities are determined.
Keywords: local community, civil society, local self-management, civil initiatives, structuring of local communities, social engineering, public associations
Issue: 11, 2011
Series of issue: Issue 11
Rubric: Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities
Pages: 192 — 198
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