Resources of civil culture in the Republic of Tatarstan in the last quarter of the 20th century

Process of formation of the civil sector has significantly accelerated in recent years. It became the instrument of social policy, school of political culture and a form of civil participation. In the activity, they are guided by modern concepts of civil society, which has been developed in a subsoil of the liberal culture. Directly or indirectly, their ideological platforms include values of the free personality, the principles of the constitutional state and private property, security of all subjects from any decisions, independence of mass media, compliance of the domestic legislation to the universally recognized norms and the principles of international law. The paper is also devoted to studying the questions of formation of public associations in the Republic of Tatarstan