Civil society symbolizes the legitimate basis for every modern democratic state, but it is

also a sphere of public discourse and citizen association through which the common interest of the people is being channeled and articulated through a democratic, open and dynamic processes of exchange of ideas and platforms. Civil society is the biggest, if not the only defense against despotism and tyranny on a global scale.It deserves its place in the jubilee edition of Political Thought mostly because of its functional uniqueness to serve as a constant correctional mechanism of the state authority: to be a constant promoter of new and innovative solutions to social and political challenges, but also because of the potential that it nurtures in bringing people and ideas together.