Comparative analysis of administrative and legal regulation of the activity of Voluntary People's Detachment in the Russian Federation and France
Unlike commercial and government structures, volunteer organizations are not widely covered in the scientific literature. Volunteerism is examined from the perspective of the motivation of the participants, their value orientation, and the level of engagement in the voluntary activity. It is no coincidence that France was selected for this comparative research, as its similarities and differences are of particular importance for the results of the study. Legal regulation of the activity of Voluntary People's Detachment (Druzhina) in Russia has its own peculiarities, as well as borrowings from the foreign experience. The author compares the Russian and French legislation, taking into account that in the Russian language the words “volunteer” and “voluntary servant” are synonymous, but not identical, while the French language uses only the neutral word “volunteer”. France has no equivalent of the Voluntary People's Druzhina; however, it has the volunteer fire squads. Therefore, comparison is conducted by the legal status of domestic and foreign volunteers. It reveals in which country the legislator is more effective in encouraging the population to participate in volunteer activity, and namely maintenance of order.