civil society; civil society institutions; state; democracy; ensuring personal rights and freedoms of citizens; Legal System; global society.

Global civil society as a phenomenon of the modern world

The article analyzes global civil society as a phenomenon of the modern world and identifies prospects for its development. Thus, global civil society could become a new model of development, which would dramatically increase investment in human resources and social security while reducing the participation of the state and attracting new actors; it is a desirable form of world association of peoples, nations, transnational communities.