POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Civil Society

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2101
• Professor: Andre Lecours

Document Summary

Making democracy work requires informed and active citizens who: understand how politics works, follow the issues, know how to voice their interests in the political process and act collectively, can hold public officials accountable. Refers to the actions and organization of private citizens around shared goals, interests and values, active in day-to-day politics. Non-governmental organizations (ngos), civil society organizations (csos) Civil society is critical for maintenance and development of democracy. Respect for the law, individual rights an rights of other groups: tolerance.