Vol. 13 No. 80 (2024)
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Civil society and government: an analysis of its role in public administration

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  • Mehriban Eldar kizi Babakhanova
Mehriban Eldar kizi Babakhanova
Azerbaijan University of Languages, Republic of Azerbaijan.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.80.08.8

Published 2024-08-30

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  • civil society, reforms, development, institutions, public administration.

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Babakhanova, M. E. kizi. (2024). Civil society and government: an analysis of its role in public administration. Amazonia Investiga, 13(80), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.80.08.8

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Abstract

The functioning of modern democratic states presupposes the existence of a high degree of civil society development, which allows for transparency of the government and the implementation of relevant control functions. The purpose of the article is to analyse the role of civil society institutions in public administration, to identify the specific features of the functioning of these institutions in developing countries. The realisation of this goal involves the use of content analysis methods of professional scientific literature and generalisation, which allowed summarising the main results of the study. In the results it is shown, that the example of Azerbaijan has a structure of civil society, which consists political parties, interest groups and local self-government. Political parties in Azerbaijan have limited influence on the formation of civil society. Comparing the results with the work of other scholars highlights need of transformation in democratic governance of Azerbaijan. It is summarized, that the effective communication and feedback between the state and citizens are important for the realisation of consent and stability. The conclusions generally emphasize that for the further transformation of civil society institutions, in addition to taking into account international experience, it is important to pay attention to local cultural features.

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