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What is civil society? Civil society is a concept located strategically at the cross-section of important strands of intellectual developments in the social sciences. Civil societies are often populated by organisations such as registered charities, development non-governmental organisations, community groups, women's organisations, faith-based organisations, professional associations, trades unions, self-help groups, social movements, business associations, coalitions and advocacy group. Not surprisingly, 'society' was pushed to the sidelines and ultimately became a very abstract notion, relegated to the confines of sociological theorising and social philosophy, not fitting the two-sector world view that has dominated the social sciences for the last fifty years. www.lse.ac.uk /collections/CCS/what_is_civil_society.htm   (726 words)

Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) While civil society is a somewhat contested concept, definitions typically vary in the emphasis they put on some characteristics of civil society over others; some definitions primarily focus on aspects of state power, politics and individual freedom, and others more on economic functions and notions of social capital and cohesion. Civil society is primarily about the role of both the state and the market relative to that of citizens and the society they constitute. Civil society can be measured in various ways and at different levels: as separate units, each with specific characteristics, measures and data; or as a composite entity that combines individual components. www.fathom.com /feature/122552/index.html   (2122 words)

Civil society Summary However a balanced understanding of civil society must include recognition that it is difficult to conceptualize, is relatively weak compared with market and state, and possibly has been undermined as much as strengthened by the rise of global science and by recent technological developments. Civil society refers to the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the force-backed structures of a state (regardless of that state's political system). The term civil society is currently often used by critics and activists as a reference to sources of resistance to and the domain of social life which needs to be protected against globalization. www.bookrags.com /Civil_society   (2207 words)

Untitled Additionally, there are few opportunities for civil society actors to come together to discuss and reflect on the current state of civil society and the challenges it faces. The CIVICUS Civil Society Index (CSI) is an action-research project that aims to assess the state of civil society in countries around the world, with a view to creating a knowledge base and an impetus for civil society strengthening initiatives. Increased capacities of civil society stakeholders in action-research. www.civicus.org /new/CSI_overview.asp?c=FD8912   (635 words)

Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Hegel has a great deal to say about civil society, not all of which is easily understandable, but one of the most important points for the further development of the concept is that he saw civil society as something separate from, although symbiotic with, the state. Civil society for Hegel meant men trading and interacting socially, but it was separate from government and law. Whether civil society is a 'good thing', and how this can be demonstrated to be the case, will be one of the most interesting debates in the social sciences in the coming years. www.fathom.com /feature/122536   (2310 words)

Civil society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Civil society is composed of the totality of voluntary civic and social organizations and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society as opposed to the force-backed structures of a state (regardless of that state's political system) and commercial institutions. In this work, civil society (Zivilgesellschaft in German) was a stage on the dialectical relationship between Hegel's perceived opposites, the macro-community of the state and the micro-community of the family Civil society refers to the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_Society   (904 words)

Civil Society The Role of Civil Society in Policy Formulation and Service Provision was the title of a March 2000 seminar held in New York by UNRISD as part of its Geneva 2000 preparations for the Mid 2000 Social Summit follow up. An international donor workshop on civil society - with a special emphasis on civil society involvement in national policy processes - and especially budgeting - is being hosted by DFID in Glasgow at the end of May 2000. Civil Society and International Development by Amanda Bernard, Henny Helmich and Percy B Lehning, examines what is meant by civil society and explores how civil society in the South can contribute to development objectives. www.devinit.org /civilsociety.htm   (1747 words)

[No title] Commentators attribute the re-emergence of civil society as a concept, a research terrain and a political actor to the implosion of the Soviet Union. It readily assumes a positive outcome, ‘harmony’ model of the action of civil society and its relations with institutions of the state and market, a position that is itself the subject of revisionism. Civil society organisations (CSOs) are a broad category that covers all forms and non-profit distributing purposes of civic associational life, that are freely constructed and governed by citizens themselves. www.un-ngls.org /cso/fowler.doc   (4059 words)

Civil Society Civil society is premised on individual freedom and responsibility, and on limited and accountable government. The second involves the access of different sectors of society to the agencies of the state and their acceptance of a certain commitment to the political and the rules of the state. "Civil society" may be thought of as the third sector, and a foundation on which free, non-coercive, democratic polities must rest. members.tripod.com /~doggo/doggcivilsoc.html   (1988 words)

OAU-Civil Society Conference We established an African Centre for Civil Society at ECA in 1998. The Centre’s role is to strengthen civil society organizations (CSOs), to promote their linkages with governments, and to continue to promote their access to and engagement in major development policy forums. Civil society must always be the guardian of democracy. www.uneca.org /eca_resources/speeches/amoako/2001/061101speech_oau_civil_society_conference.htm   (2073 words)

Book Review - Economic Freedom and Development The Centre for Civil Society, headquartered in New Delhi, India, was founded in 1997, with the purpose of advancing the cause of classical liberalism, economic freedom, and the rule of law under limited government. Civil society is what keeps individualism from becoming atomistic and communitarianism from becoming collectivist.... Arbitrary or rigid institutional rules in society restrict and inhibit the ability and the incentives for persons to use their knowledge in ways that both serve their own ends and, through the institutions of the market, improve the circumstances and opportunities of others in the society as well. www.fff.org /freedom/fd0304h.asp   (1365 words)

International Society for Third Sector Research(ISTR) The Centre for Civil Society was established in 2001 with support from the Ford, Atlantic and Mott Foundations as well as other funders of discrete projects, for the purpose of promoting the study of South African civil society as a legitimate, flourishing area of scholarly activity. A related goal was to develop partnerships within civil society aimed at capacity-building, knowledge sharing, and generating reflection and debate. The Centre has conducted training for community/labour activists in research methods and case study techniques; in post-graduate research (through a masters/research and doctoral programme); and in community advocacy. www.istr.org /resources/academiccenters/ccssa.html   (313 words)

Launching Ceremony of the African Centre for Civil Society At this conference, participants asserted that states would progress only if there was space for civil society and the private sector to flourish; the participants envisioned a future in which civil society, the private sector and the state would work in basic harmony for optimum development. The demand for helping raise the potential contributions and synergies of civil society for development and peace in Africa is now so high that it became necessary to think about a more permanent way of institutionalizing the work ECA has carried out over the past years. Third, the Centre, in very close collaboration with the OAU, will work to build the capacities of African civil society at local, national and regional levels to assist with the work of developing innovative techniques for preventing conflict, resolving disputes peacefully, and strengthening peaceful and pluralistic democracies. www.uneca.org /eca_resources/speeches/amoako/96_97/laun-cso.htm   (1729 words)

About Us - The Basics The Centre for Civil Society was established in the Faculty of Community and Development Disciplines in July 2001. The Centre has a wide range of thriving local, national and international linkages with key organisations and individuals in and concerned with civil society. The Centre endeavours to ensure that access to quality education about the sector, and appropriate training for its volunteers and employees is available in all major metropolitan areas and as widely as possible in the country as a whole. www.nu.ac.za /ccs/default.asp?10,5   (318 words)

Web Resources on Civil Society Global Civil Society Yearbook (part of a larger Global Civil Society Project being run by the Centre for the Study of Global Governance and the Centre for Civil Society at the LSE (London), also in collaboration with the Center for Civil Society at UCLA. Civil Society and Clean Shared Growth in Asia: Towards a Stakeholder Model of Environmental Governance by Lyuba Zarsky. Civil society and the Summit of the Americas: the 1998 Santiago Summit by Feinberg, Richard E.;Rosenberg, Robin L. (eds.), North-South Center Press at the University of Miami, Coral Gables FL, 1999. www.uia.org /civilsoc/links.php   (3050 words)

Independent media centre - ALCA and Civil Society By completely ignoring their input in this document, negotiators have shown that their desire for civil society participation in the process is only so long as the society agrees (with ‘civility’) to the process of trade liberalization itself. Civil society and business participations were welcomed so long as these were ‘constructive’ to the spirit of the agreement Far from truly participating in a public process, trade negotiators are only willing to talk with a pliant civil society that agrees with their basic agenda. ecuador.indymedia.org /en/2002/11/867.shtml   (1068 words)

What is Civil society | Centre for Community Networking Research Civil society is an all-encompassing term often used to refer to social structures and interests beyond the household and outside state institutions, including voluntary associations and non-profit organisations where people combine for their collective interests. Civil society includes social movements or community based organizations where people come together to advance their interests. As such, it is the peak international summit to discuss international telecommunications issues, and civil society and non-government organisations are encouraged to have an active role in the prepatory process for the summit. www.ccnr.net /?q=node/15   (247 words)

[A-List] Accumulation_by_dispossession   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Centre for Civil Society Colloquium on the Economy, Society and Nature: 1-14. Centre for Civil Society Colloquium on the Economy, Society and Nature: 1-29. Centre for Civil Society Colloquium on the Economy: 1-29. lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2006-April/060651.html   (929 words)

South Pacific Civil Society Library: a collection of documents and resources promoting an enabling environment for ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) "Civil society is that collection of diverse interest groups and social organizations that is strong enough to provide some autonomy and protection to individuals from the authoritarian and hegemonic tendencies of states. Similarly, in Vanuatu civil society and government have entered into a compact, and ICNL is participating in follow-on discussions intended to lead to a reform process. As a new government is formed in the Solomon Islands, CSO law reform is likely to be a priority; a contribution to the efforts to restore a more peaceful and collaborative society and move forward on economic and social development. www.vanuatu.usp.ac.fj /library/Online/Civil_Society/homepage.htm   (952 words)

ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements: Employment Opportunities The Centre for Civil Society is a national research and training institute, hosted by the University of Natal. The Centre is dedicated to the study of the non-profit sector. Its primary purpose is to enhance our understanding of civil society, in South Africa and elsewhere, by building a critical mass of literature on the sector. www.laborstudies.wayne.edu /ASA/Postings/Jobs/j091802.html   (527 words)

Institute for Philanthropy - Centre for Civil Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) The LSE Centre for Civil Society is a research and teaching unit within the Department of Social Policy, at the London School of Economics. The Centre is developing a methodology to map and measure civil society across various dimensions for the The Global Civil Society Yearbook 2001, may be ordered or downloaded by visiting the CCS website at www.lse.ac.uk/depts/ccs. www.instituteforphilanthropy.org.uk /ac3.html   (1053 words)

African Centre for Civil Society Law Formed in 2005 by the International Center or Civil Society Law (ICCSL), the African Centre for Civil Society Law (ACCSL) seeks to protect human freedoms, by improving the laws that affect the freedoms of belief, expression, association, assembly, information, and participation throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. ACCSL is well positioned to address both theoretical and practical aspects of legal issues affecting civil society and citizen participation. In a letter to the members of CIVICUS, Kumi Naidoo, its Secretary General wrote about a visit to Daniel Bekele (a member of the Board of the African Centre for Civil Society Law) and Netsanet Demissie, who are being detained by the Ethiopian government on charges of treason. www.accsl.org   (931 words)

Research Centers on Civil Society and International Networks of NGOs The Centre for Civil Society of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies seeks to encourage the development and effective operation of nonprofit, philanthropic, or "civil society" organizations. The Center for Civil Society is the focal point for the School of Public Policy and Social Research’s programs and activities in nonprofit leadership and management, grassroots advocacy, nongovernmental organizations, and philanthropy. The Civil Society and Governance Programme is a research project funded by the Ford Foundation and based at the Institute of Development Studies (UK). www.socialcapitalgateway.org /eng-civilessential.htm   (802 words)

SAGE Publications - Global Civil Society 2005/6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) Centre for Civil Society and Centre for the Study of Global Goverance, LSE Each yearbook also explores and presents the latest approaches to measuring and analyzing global civil society and provides a chronology of key global civil society events in the year. The 2005/6 Yearbook explores the role of gender in global civil society and investigates the core issues of labour migration, climate change and UN reform. www.sagepub.co.uk /book.aspx?pid=107088   (454 words)

[Caribbean Policy Development Centre] EPA Civil Society Declaration Dominican Republic September 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) As the negotiations for the conclusion of an EPA continue in the Caribbean, civil society is also continuing to put pressure on the negotiators to come up with an agreement which reflects the interests of the large majority and prioritises development. During the last negotiating session held in the Dominican Republic civil society met from September 20th -21st and developed a declaration which outlines our viewpoints and concerns. Civil Society Declaration on the EPA negotiations Sept 2006 (19 kb) www.cpdcngo.org /article.php3?id_article=71   (125 words)

Centre of Civil Society Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print Many scholars, policy-makers, and especially activists have begun to use the term "global civil society," yet it remains highly contested and under-researched. Global civil society is now established as a major player on the international stage, and the Global Civil Society Yearbook is the indispensable standard work. Global Civil Society 2003 contains contributions from Ulrich Beck, Meghnad Desai, Mary Kaldor, and Martin Shaw and chapters on the anti-capitalist movement, biological and chemical weapons,... www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Centre_of_Civil_Society   (338 words)

Civil society Civil society has been active in the response to HIV from the beginning of the epidemic. UNAIDS has produced a briefing note specifically for civil society organizations interested in finding out more about the planning, setting and monitoring of Universal Access targets to guide national AIDS work from now until 2010. Around 800 civil society organizations were cleared by UN Member States for special accreditation to attend the Review – an unprecedented number. www.unaids.org /en/GetStarted/CivilSociety.asp   (761 words)

Asia-Pacific Centre For Civil Society Law The Ministry of Civil Affair's Central Legislation Office (CLO) has been tasked with drafting a new China Charity Enhancement Law (CCEL), which is hoped to be prepared and promulgated before 2008. Launched in 2005 by the International Center or Civil Society Law (ICCSL), the Asia-Pacific Centre for Civil Society Law (APCCSL) seeks to protect human freedoms, by improving the laws that affect the freedoms of belief, expression, association, assembly, information, and participation throughout Asia Pacific Region. The Ministry of Civil Affairs has recently published a draft of the proposed Charity Law, which is circulating within the Ministry for discussion and review. www.apccsl.org   (658 words)

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