Государство: хищническая природа против гражданского общества

Журнал Новой экономической ассоциации. 2024. № 4(65). С. 237–244.

Zaostrovtsev A. P.

The article presents the predatory nature of the state as its universal property. It opposes both markets and civil society. However, if markets and civil society are included in the definition of the state, this will be an ideological justification for their absorption by the state. The government is viewed as striving for constant expansion by reducing civil institutions and ultimately turning the latter into state institution. The surveys of russian experts on political participation, civil rights etc. are briefly analyzed. It is concluded that one can assert that the Russian state is in an intermediate position, located between neopatrimonialism and neosultanism. The revival of civil society through the development of social networks is not seen as a real prospect due to the advantages of state as central actor in the digital world and the bearer of right to legitimate violence.

Keywords: гражданское общество, социальные сети, social networks, civil society, хищническое государство, неопатримониальное государство, the neo-patrimonial state, predatory state,, power-ownership society, neosultanistic state, властнособственническое общество, неосултанистское государство