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The vital need of the present-day development of Russian society regulates the theoretical conceptualization of the notion of civic participation, determination of the conditions under which it can develop, and identification of barriers obstructing this process. Promotion of the local population’s social participation in public activities of municipalities is one of the primary tasks for a local government. The aim of the research is to identify means and conditions for promoting civic engagement in local communi...

An important place in contemporary systems of social assistance in European countries, including Poland, is taken by non-governmental organizations (NGO). They collaborate with local governments in order to extend and improve quality of public services. Support activities of the organizations are mainly aimed to help groups threatened with marginalization and social exclusion, whose members find it difficult to cope with meeting life needs because of their age, disability, poverty, or life helplessness. Associatio...