in the policy-making process. As scholars who are committed to advancing the role of civil society and the citizen, it is …

corporation is one of the many imperfect societies that form the perfect society of the nation. The implications of such … with due attention paid to the common good of the perfect society of which the corporation is a part. The Article turns …

This paper provides an empirical investigation of the “social capital” theories that link civil society and democracy …. Using data from the Civil Society Index for 44 countries, we find that not only this relationship exists, but that civil … society is also positively correlated with human development. Using a simple regression analysis, we discover that democracy …

opening up to society in the realms of environmental and social politics. The study shows that while the party … concepts of 'NGO' and “civil society” becoming increasingly relevant as frames of reference. While their practices remain … the formation of social networks according to their own self‐image as members of a budding Chinese civil society …

Among the universe of civil society organisations a special one gained significance in Germany in the last decades. It … is an organisation of a higher order compared to ordinary civil society organisations in performing overall functions in … the realm of civil society. These organisations among others stimulate civic engagement, gather and channel private and …

society in situations of violent conflict, but needs to engage more with local civil society to make its policies more … effective. This paper provides a conceptual framework and discussion to analyse which local civil society actors play a role in … in its near abroad by engaging with civil society …

ecological form of capitalism to nurture the environment and sustain society …

We start our description of network society by recalling the simple, yet powerful mechanism of producing and dealing … society is to look at networks being constituted by elements of any, yet necessarily heterogeneous, kind tying themselves into …

are indispensible for civil society. Problems with the family are seen as problems for democracy, justifying legal and … state of civil society and suggest proposals for civic renewal: A Nation of Spectators: How Civic Disengagement Weakens … America and What we can Do About It, and A Call to Civil Society: Why Democracy Needs Moral Truths. By reviewing these works …