Patterns of interaction between NGOs working with disabled people and state authorities in the context of austerity policy: case study of Russia and Finland - Диссертация

ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ БЮДЖЕТНОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ «САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ» Бугровский Александр Игоревич Bugrovskii Aleksandr Igorevich Способы взаимодействия между НКО работающими с инвалидами и государственными властями в контексте политики сокращения социальных расходов: кейс стади исследование России и Финляндии (Patterns of interaction between NGOs working with disabled people and state authorities in the context of austerity policy: case study of Russia and Finland) Диссертация на соискание степени магистра по основной образовательной программе высшего образования по направлению 390401 «Социология», профиль «Европейские общества» / MA «Studies in European Societies» Санкт-Петербург 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS state nongovernmental funding finland Table of contents Introduction Chapter 1. Theoretical approaches to study relations between state authorities and non-governmental organizations 1.1 Theoretical frames of investigation the state-NGOs’ relations during marketization 1.2 De-commodification phenomenon as basis for the NGO-state relations 1.3 The loosing of the state sovereignty as a key feature for study the recent tendencies 1.4 The social capital theory as additional source of conceptualization 1.5 The New Public Management theory as interpretation of austerity policy phenomenon 1.6 The key interpretations of social capital as a ground for the comparative case-study Chapter 2. Finnish case: dynamics of interaction between NGO and state 2.1 Organizational features of Finish case: legal status, structure and types of activities 2.2 History of organization: way from national association toward social service provider 2.3 Current mission, values, goals and strategy: shift to commercialization 2.4 Changes in funding: the key points for financial stability 2.5 Institutional framework of interaction with the state: civic engagement and shared responsibilities for social affairs 2.6 Effect of the austerity context in the era of neoliberalism Chapter 3. Russian case: dynamics of interaction between NGO and state 3.1 Organizational features of Russian case: legal status, structure and types of activities 3.2 History of organization: from grass-root towards resource center 3.3 Current mission, values and strategy: shift to the professionalization of charitable activities 3.4 Changes in funding: the key points of searching a financial stability 3.5 Institutional framework of interaction with the state: governmental corporatism 3.6 Effect of the austerity context in the era of neoliberalism Chapter 4. Patterns of interaction between state and NGOs in Russia and Finland 4.1 Egalitarian pattern of interaction in Finnish case: features and practices 4.2 Paternalistic pattern of interaction in Russian case: features and practices Conclusion Bibliography Introduction The core idea of my interdisciplinary research presented by relations of two actors: the state authorities defined as public organizations responsible for governing the state and its territories and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs-see glossary) defined as civil society organzations independent from the state governance and commercial priorities. Both of them are implementing vivid functions in the provision of social benefits and shape the common picture of the welfare state. During the second half of the twentieth century, some investigations even were emphasing the participation of the non-governmental intiatives in the relations with the state actors as one of the principles of consolidation of democracy in overall. According to Michael Gorny, the partnerships between civil society, the private sector and the state are perceived as the most effective methods for solving complex of social, cultural and economic problems. However, Russian realities show that the interests of the formal state institutions and the representatives of civil society are contradicting to each other. For example, there is a contradiction of interests between the state authorities responsible for social protection and care and NGOs working with disabled people regarding the usage of the state resources for provision of all required social services for disabled groups of people in recent time. My study steps from the new phenomenon associated with the change in the state-NGOs’ relations that has kindled scientific interest and triggered heated discussions reflecting different expectations all over the world today. I mean such phenomena as the reformation of welfare policy, especially the decrease of social obligations and delegation part of the state service towards NGOs. Exactly, this phenomenon of the state-NGO’s relations draws my attention to the problem of patterns of interactions between the state and NGOs working with disabled people in time associated with the austerity policy. In my opinion, it’s possible to use the austerity policy as a term for description processes related to commercialization, ind