The efficiency of tools for social interaction between public authorities and civil society

Olha V. Tikhonova; Andrii H. Holdovskyi; Oksana B. Bratasyuk; Natalia S. Chornohor; Nadiia A. Herbut; Nataliia K. Serohina

doi:10.34069/AI/2022.51.03.15

Olha V. Tikhonova M. P. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-2207
Andrii H. Holdovskyi Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-742X
Oksana B. Bratasyuk West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5871-4386
Natalia S. Chornohor Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-5371
Nadiia A. Herbut Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-3386
Nataliia K. Serohina Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-8983

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.51.03.15

Keywords: civil society, government bodies, information, social partnership, legislative initiative, governance.

Abstract

The aim of the article is to assess the effectiveness of the current tools for interaction between public authorities and civil society in Ukraine. A distinctive feature of this study is the use of the content analysis to study the content of consultations of central government bodies with the public, discussions of draft laws, decrees, resolutions, orders, petitions of citizens, as well as recommendations of expert opinions and proposals of public councils and measures for their implementation. The analysis allowed identifying significant shortcomings in organizing work to establish cooperation between central government bodies and the public. These shortcomings involve the dominance of a purely statistical approach to analyzing the petitions of citizens, neglect of public consultations, disregard for the proposals of public expert committees, and a formal approach to the activities of public councils at the ministries. The decreasing effectiveness of interaction between public authorities and civil society in Ukraine is noted, which is caused by the bureaucratization of this process on the one hand, and by the lack of citizens’ skills to defend their position in the legitimate field of social and political relations, on the other hand.

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Author Biographies

Olha V. Tikhonova, M. P. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Postgraduate student, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science and Law, M. P. Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Andrii H. Holdovskyi, Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Postgraduate student, Department of Public Policy, Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Kyiv National University named after Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Oksana B. Bratasyuk, West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine.

PhD in Law, Head of Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law, West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine.

Natalia S. Chornohor, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Рostgraduate student, Lecturer, Department of Fundamental and Legal Sciences, Faculty № 6, Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Nadiia A. Herbut, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.

PhD in Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Political Sciences and Law, Faculty of Urban and Spatial Planning, Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Nataliia K. Serohina, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine.

PhD in Public Administration, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine.

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