Peculiarities of the institutionalization of the civil society of Ukraine in the conditions of martial law

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of civil activities under martial law. Against the general background of the annual slow growth of the number of public associations of different orientations, the differences in the institutionalization of civil activities after the full-scale Russian military invasion on February 24, 2022 from the previous period of resistance to Russian armed aggression, which was accompanied by hostilities in the east of Ukraine, are pointed out. During these periods, the Ukrainian civil society demonstrated the ability for operational public self-organization. Re-election of part of the functions of the state, primarily in the humanitarian and social spheres, both to provide everything necessary for the Ukrainian military, and to solve the urgent problems of civilians affected by hostilities, as well as inclusive categories of the population; the appearance of new social groups (internally displaced persons, veterans of the anti-terrorist operation) caused a change in the structural and institutional design of Ukrainian civil society, an increase in the share of volunteer, charitable, other socially oriented public associations in its socio-humanitarian segment, in particular associative type and humanitarian ones created on the network principle headquarters and volunteer centers. Thanks to the synergy of the government, the public and business, with the help of foreign donors, a regional network of humanitarian, social, educational, journalistic and innovative public hubs and centers has been launched in Ukraine. Successful practices of public self-organization, state-public interaction in the conditions of war to solve the problems of various inclusive population groups will contribute to the involvement of the public sector’s capabilities in restoring and building a safe environment in communities that survived hostilities and occupation, in general, to the reconstruction of Ukraine in the post-war period.