Civil Society in the Conditions of Growing Inequality of Modern Society

Civil society, which today in its developed form is considered a condition for the stability of democracy, is undergoing historically contradictory development. In the first competitive phase of its formation, clashes between classes and the state predominate. Only in the second coherent phase, on the basis of the emergence of a social and legal state, does it become possible to regulate social conflicts. In the third, pluralistic phase associated with globalization, it is possible, according to the idea of liberals, to create a world coherent society. However, globalization in its liberal form does not create conditions for maintaining the welfare state, and with its disintegration the rule of law also collapses, which, as a result, returns civil society to the first competitive phase. The research uses methods of system and structural-functional analysis, historical approach and the concept of globalization.

civil society, rule of law, welfare state, globalization, social conflicts