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Article type:
Original article

Index UDK: 316.3/4

Year, Volume, Number:
2025, Vol. 13, № 3 (51)

Pages: 93-107

On the interaction of the state and civil society in the aspect of sociality

Lyudmila G. Lebedeva
Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Sociology and Psychology, Samara State University of Economics, 141 Sovetskoy Armii street, Samara, 443090, Russia, ludleb@mail.ru
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7007-6914

EDN: WKDWNA
DOI: 10.21685/2307-9525-2025-13-3-10

Category: SOCIAL STRUCTURE, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES

For citation:
Lebedeva L.G. On the interaction of the state and civil society in the aspect of sociality. Elektronnyy nauchnyy zhurnal "Nauka. Obshchestvo. Gosudarstvo" = Electronic scientific journal "Science. Society. State". 2025;13(3):93–107. (In Russ.). doi: 10.21685/2307-9525-2025-13-3-10

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Received: 05.05.2025

Accepted: 30.07.2025
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Abstract
Background. The question of the sociality of the state is becoming more and more relevant, since sociality is an essential aspect and characteristic of the orientation and results of the activities of the subjects of society. Welfare States have certain social obligations to the population. In Russia, the provision on the welfare state is enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993. Civil society initially acts as a form of upholding the social rights and interests of citizens and their various organizations. The purpose of the article is to analyze the controversial aspects of interaction in Russian society between the state and civil society in solidarity and effective solution of objectively necessary and perceived tasks of socio-economic development of society and ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of citizens. Materials and methods. General scientific methods of analysis and generalization of materials are used. The published materials, including sociological and statistical ones, are analyzed and summarized, which makes it possible to highlight some controversial issues about the problems of interaction between the modern Russian state and civil society in the aspect of sociality. Results. So far, Russia has a low potential for the development of civil society, which correlates with the leading role of the state. This position explains the weakness of the Russian state as a social state. The possibilities of a kind of social partnership between the state and civil society have been determined, but not yet actively and extensively used. Conclusions. It is necessary to strengthen and institutionalize the diverse interactions between the State and civil society based on the fundamental social interests of citizens and society as a whole. The "filling" of sociality with concrete real content depends in particular on the improvement of the work of local governments. The strengthening of the trade union movement is important for the development of the sociality of the state. The political parties closest to the orbit of power, compared with other parts of civil society, have the greatest potential to give the state sociality and prevent the alienation of power from the people. The current situation in Russian society indicates the need for both a strong welfare state and a higher level of development of civil society, as well as the intensification of their interaction in the aspect of sociality.

Keywords
civil society, strong state, weak state, social justice, welfare state, extreme inequality, sociality

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