Civil activity in Yaroslavl region: specificity and pattern

Abstract

Civil activity is an element of political culture of democratic state, set of the voluntary actions of people directed to change the political reality in accordance with the social understanding within the law. It’s the defining category of civil society. a mechanism of interaction between the authorities and society is being shaped in the modern Russia. The civil chambers at a federal, regional and municipal levels as well as non-for profit organisations constitute a basis for such mechanism. The political process and political relationship dynamics in the Yaroslavl Oblast are studied by the political scholars of Yaroslavl. Article discloses successful experience of application of the index method during research of civil activity in Yaroslavl region in 2016-2017 years. In article there are compared and analysed results of the research, determined main factors, reasons and specifics of the civil activity display.