o enrich themselves and to further expand and develop their business.the end of the 1990s civil society was seen less as a panacea amid the growth of the anti-globalization movement and the transition of many countries to democracy. Post-modern civil society theory has now largely returned to a more neutral stance.
3. THE DEFINITION OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY
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The institution of civil society, in all its forms, is not the ancient political system. For some observers, it only includes political activity engaged in through nonprofit organizations such as nongovernmental organizations. At the other end of the spectrum, some observers include all forms of voluntary participation, whether in the public or private sector, political or apolitical. s art of a society or culture outside the government and state- run institutions. For Karl Marx and GWF Hegel, civil society was that part of society where self-interest and materialism were rampant, although Adam Smith believed that enlightened self-interest would promote the general good. Classical writers and earlier political theorists such as John Locke used the term to describe the whole of a civilized society.
аёў аё— Civil society includes not just the individuals who participate, but the institutions they participate in - sometimes called "civil society organizations" or "CSOs". Thus, civil society is strong to the degree that those CSOs are large and powerful.
аёў аё— A civic culture is one in which most people think their government is legitimate and that their institutions (if not the leaders at any particular moment) can be trusted.
аёў аё— Social capital is the human equivalent of economic capital. It is an intangible resource accumulated by civil society that can be expended when a society finds itself in crisis.well developed civil society helps stabilize the political system in several ways:
. Units of civil society ameliorate social problems. Eg, the amount of need for government action to respond to inadequate housing in a community is reduced by the private actions of a group like Habitat for Humanity. Even where poor housing persists, the existence of such groups symbolizes that society alone can solve problems. p align="justify">. Units of civil society, by being self governing and usually democratic in their internal processes, serve as learning laboratories in democratic arts of following prescribed procedures and compromise. They further socialize adults in the norms of the overall system. p align="justify">. Units of civil society aggregate our separate grievances into larger group sets of grievances, while they also divert some of th...
