This is an old concept in social and political thought that has recently been revived, especially in eastern Europe but also in the west. Traditionally, up to the eighteenth century, it was a more or less literal translation of the Roman societas...

Civil society was central to the work of some of the most important political thinkers from the 17th century onwards. Among others, Hobbes, Locke and even Hegel distinguished between the state and civil society, that is the organized society over which...

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Civil society refers to the sphere of human activity outside government, the market economy, and the family. It includes communities, churches, voluntary associations, philanthropic organizations, and social movements. Civil society potentially...

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...

THINK AGAIN Civil society has become one of the favorite buzzwords among the global chattering classes, touted by presidents and political scientists as the key to political, economic, and societal success. As with Internet stocks, however, civil society's worth as a concept...

Growing numbers of people are losing faith that their elected representatives make decisions on behalf of the voters; they're looking for a more balanced world The federal election of November 2000 drew the lowest voter turnout of any national ballot in Canada....

Rwandan rebels attacked villagers in neighboring eastern Congo with machetes, spears and hammers on Sunday, killing 17, wounding 28 and taking up to a dozen hostages, a local rights worker said, citing survivors' accounts.The attackers, who are based in Congo, descended on the village of...