Civil Society Organization
A Civil Society Organization is an non-profit organization whose aim is to enrich society.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Private Civil Society Organization to being a Public Civil Society Organization.
- It can range from being a Neighborhood Civil Society Organization to being a National Civil Society Organization to being an International Civil Society Organization.
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- See: Society, Volunteering, Non-Governmental Organization, Civic Organization.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/civil_society Retrieved:2016-10-17.
- Civil society is the "aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens." Civil society includes the family and the private sphere, referred to as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business.[1] By other authors, "civil society" is used in the sense of 1) the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens or 2) individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government.
Sometimes the term civil society is used in the more general sense of "the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society" (Collins English Dictionary). [2] Especially in the discussions among thinkers of Eastern and Central Europe, civil society is seen also as a concept of civic values. One widely known representative of this concept is the Polish former dissident Adam Michnik. Institutions composing civil society may be for-profit or not-for-profit. [3] According to some philosophers, most notably Antonio Gramsci, civil society produces the dominant ideologies of the time. This occurs because of overlapping associations between leaders of civil society and the owners of the means of production in a given society. Control over the means of production allows the leaders of civil society to promote forms of false consciousness which serve their own interests, even at the expense of workers.
- Civil society is the "aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens." Civil society includes the family and the private sphere, referred to as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business.[1] By other authors, "civil society" is used in the sense of 1) the aggregate of non-governmental organizations and institutions that manifest interests and will of citizens or 2) individuals and organizations in a society which are independent of the government.
- ↑ What is Civil Society civilsoc.org
- ↑ "Civil Society". Collins English Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved 2 August 2012 from CollinsDictionary.com website: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/civil-society
- ↑ Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology, 1994:55-56