FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND DEMOCRATIC IMPACT ON RULE OF LAW
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND DEMOCRATIC IMPACT ON RULE OF LAW

Summary/Abstract: The role and place of civil society in the political relations between government and opposition are the basis of the analysis performed in this article. This study approaches theoretical and methodological issues, and analyzes the behavior of political actors in terms of their interests, related to the national interest. The ways of involving civil society components in the relations between the government and the opposition have also been assessed. There is also an investigation of the feedback of this relationship, the extent to which the content and quality of the struggle for power influence and mark the civil society profile in Romania. Freedom of association is approached as the existential safeguard of NGOs; another topic of discussion is the civil society involvement in mediating relations between government and opposition. The development of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has a psychological dimension, which helps articulate the concerns of civil society by promoting their own interests. They can gather information, lobby for legislation, inform the public about the governmental process. NGOs, evaluate the approach to public issues and represent the link between the citizen and the institutions exercising political power, in a society governed by the rule of law.

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