Globalization and its impact on civil society in the post-soviet countries in Eastern and Central Europe

• Journal: Global Academic Society Journal: Social Science Insight, Vol. 2, No. 9, year 2009, pp. 4-16.
• Author(s): Živilė Kėrytė
• Category: Social Science Insight II
• Keywords: non-governmental organization, NGO, globalization, civil society, political life, post-soviet countries, Europe

Abstract

The concept of globalization is very broad and it involves and influences the whole society. This paper reveals the relationship between the discourse of globalization and the sphere of politics. Globalization is changing the whole structure of society. Politics is no more that centre-orientated, and is shifting to new forms of structure. The emergence of civil society becomes as a very important component in the society‘s political sphere. But realization of civil society raises many problems for specific countries in Eastern Europe. How globalization can explicate the process of civil society formation in these countries? This question is also discussed in the paper. The shift in the political sphere has been influenced upon growing number of non-governmental organizations (NGO).
The aim of this paper is to reveal the influence of globalization on the sphere of political life and its impact on formation of civil society.
The analysis reveals that globalization process is not something you can construct as it depends upon each country with different social, economical and political patterns. Globalization changes the inner quality of the social and political life itself. Transformation of the structure of society unbound the politics. This has contributed in providing more abilities to participate in the ruling of state.