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civil society (the part of society that consists of organizations and institutions that help and look after people, their health, and their rights. It does not include the government or the family. MED. Hence the concern of liberals to identify a preserve of individual rights within civil society from which the state is prohibited. Eccleshall, Robert ENGLISH CONSERVATISM SINCE THE RESTORATION: AN INTRODUCTION AND ANTHOLOGY I believe that in two years, civil society here will be strong enough to force the Government to change. NEW ZEALAND HERALD (2003) Many civilians killed by TNI in the last three days. TNI force civil society to become refugees. NEW ZEALAND HERALD (2003) New centres of political decision-making tend to promote a " civil society " around them. TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES (2002) Once deemed fit to return to civil society , they will be allowed to leave as free men. BELFAST TELEGRAPH (2004) This is a crucial point for legal and civil society to ponder. INDIA TODAY (1998). Collins. It shows that it is not only the US and other so called major powers that call the shots in international affairs, but that when small and medium sized countries work together with civil society and international organisations we can set the agenda and get results. TG. The meaning of the term civil society is contested. It is sometimes considered to include the family and the private sphere, and referred to as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business.[1] Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon defines civil society as 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.[2] Sometimes the term 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).[3] The term entered public discourse in the United States and around the world in the 1990s in effect of intensive work of communist propaganda in Poland.[4][5] However its tradition is much richer and longstanding. WK – АД Leonid Dzhepko) |
