Civil society is developed, highly moral, well self-organized and self-sufficient society which is capable to solve the problems even without participation of the state. This society which can keep steady order by efforts of citizens. Not all developed civilized societies are civil. Basic elements of such society are a variety of forms of ownership, freedom of work, ideological diversity, freedom of information, indestructibility of the rights and freedoms of the person, the civilized legal power.
The idea of civil society arose in the middle of the 17th century. For the first time this term was used by the German philosopher Mr. Leibniz. The concept of civil society at that time was based on the ideas of the public contract and the natural right. A specific place in development of this subject is held by G. Hegel's works. He considered civil society a peculiar stage between family and the state. Such society, according to him, includes market economy, political institutes and social classes. Activity of civil society does not depend directly on the state and is regulated by the right. consideredCarle Marxa it society as the public organization developing from production and the address. The modern political science calls society set of the state and civil society. It acts as a link between the state as the main institute of the political power, and the citizen. In such society, everyday political life is carried out. Civil society includes the economic, economic, legal, religious and ethnic relations. Civil communications are the relations between legally equal partners. Civil society - society of the civilized market relations. Characteristic features of modern civil society - legal security of citizens, development and branching of democracy, a certain level of civil culture, presence of free owners of means of production, legitimacy, pluralism, freely formed public opinions. Basic elements of civil society are political parties, various social and political organizations, the unions of businessmen, consumer associations, the scientific and cultural organizations, associations of voters, independent mass media, family and church. The most important political function of such society is participation in referenda and elections of public authorities.