State: Predatory nature vs. civil society

A. Zaostrovtsev
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A. Zaostrovtsev: HSE University; ICSER "Leontiev Center", Saint Petersburg, Russia

Journal of the New Economic Association, 2024, vol. 65, issue 4, 237-244

Abstract: The article presents the predatory nature of the state as its universal property. It opposes both markets and civil society. However, if markets and civil society are included in the definition of the state, this will be an ideological justifi cation for their absorption by the state. The government is viewed as striving for constant expansion by reducing civil institutions and ultimately turning the latter into state institution. The surveys of russian experts on political participation, civil rights etc. are briefly analyzed. It is concluded that one can assert that the Russian state is in an intermediate position, located between neopatrimonialism and neosultanism. The revival of civil society through the development of social networks is not seen as a real prospect due to the advantages of state as central actor in the digital world and the bearer of right to legitimate violence.

Keywords: predatory state; civil society; power-ownership society; neo-patrimonial state; neosultanistic state; social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 B53 C43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.31737/22212264_2024_4_237-244

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