Volunteer Movement in Ukraine in the Situation of External Aggression

Oleg Tkach,Anatoly Tkach

doi:10.29202/up/4/8

Abstract

Volunteer Movement in Ukraine in the Situation of External Aggression

Highlights

The relevance of the topic is due to the phenomenon of volunteering in Ukraine
It is emphasized that volunteering has become a political institution of Ukrainian society, an element of the political system
Volunteering acquired the status of a political institution, due to its great importance in political life and significant activity in the political sphere; at present it belongs to social and political movements, which in a certain sense can be considered as groups of political pressure; partnership with the state in solving important matters

Summary

Volunteer Movement in Ukraine in the Situation of External Aggression

Doctor of Political Science, Professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine). The paper analyzes volunteering as a factor in the self-organization of society in period Joint Forces Operation, a new social need. It is proved that during the period of democratic transit the volunteer movement became a factor of civic activism. It is emphasized that volunteering has become a political institution of Ukrainian society, an element of the political system. Volunteering contributes to the transformation of civil society. Volunteering acquired the status of a political institution, due to its great importance in political life and significant activity in the political sphere; at present it belongs to social and political movements, which in a certain sense can be considered as groups of political pressure; partnership with the state in solving important matters. Significant financial and material resources were involved, it acquired a mobilization character.

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