Abstract

The article deals with the problem of civil society in modern Ukraine after appearing a new form of non­governmental organizations. The peculiarities of forming Ukrainian civil society as well as its activities in the cyberspace are investigated in the present article. The author underlines the so­called revolutional stadiality in the formation of Ukrainian civil society instead of evolutional way. The latter seems indistinctive for Ukraine. Particular attention is paid to the process of formation of the new structure – E­civil society (electronic civil society). The development of communication technologies results in the emergence of concepts such as electronic communication and E­civil society that is currently forming. Some examples of the electronic non­governmental organizations are given in the article. The growing role of cyberspace and electronic organizations becoming the important tools for direct communication with public authorities is highlighted in the present research. The phenomenon of modern electronic organizations is that some of them can be considered international non­governmental organizations on the basis of geography and citizenship of their participants even in case of the absence of official registration in accordance with the requirements of existing legislation. In addition, one electronic organization is able to act instead of several traditional structures, both at national and international levels. The further importance of electronic interaction in all spheres of public life is considered to grow exponentially. This leads to the need of reviewing existing approaches to the concept of civil society.