NGO AS A SOCIAL INSTITUTE IN DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SOCIOLOGY

Abstract

Sociological theories of the formation and development of non-profit organizations are devoted to the scientific understanding of the diversity of sociological theories that explain the factors and reasons for uniting people to implement collective ideas and protect group goals and interests. The presence of a significant and unresolved problem actualizes the need for scientific understanding and detailed development in modern sociological studies of the real state, dynamics, features and contradictions in the development of the third sector, trends and vectors of social activity of non-profit organizations from the standpoint of the formation of civil society and the construction of a welfare state.