Bunyk M. Principles of modeling of civil society as system of social and political relations.

On the basis of system approach there are investigated the principles of construction and structural features of multiple models of civil society in the context of their use for the analysis of modern and future-oriented social processes. Demonstrated is the dependence of functions of civil society on the forms of its organization, together with the arguments for the necessity of distinguishing between the interactive and organizational systems, as well as differentiation between discursive and functional constituents when modeling civil society. The typology of modern models of civil society is provided, as well as particular methodological recommendations are specified for the subsequent modeling of civil society on the basis of system appropriateness.