POLB91H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Democracy Promotion, Colour Revolution, Michel Foucault
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Explain two theoretical traditions and paradox of civil society. Explain civil society a tool of social control in jordan. World banks definition gives measurable sense of what civil society can do: the wide array of non-governmental and not-for profit organizations that have a presence in public life, expressing the interests and values of their members of others. *useful for carrying out developmental projects (quantitative and are able to divide them into groups) *these do not exactly tell us what civil society are (the quality and what exactly are these organizations goals are) Girl scouts would be civil society 1 because there is no politi(cid:272)al asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) so the(cid:455) do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ad(cid:448)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)(cid:455) spe(cid:272)ial i(cid:374)terests. Composed of groups and associations that are in the intermediary realm between state an family excludes the sphere; typically has some type of autonomy of the state. Populated by organized groups or associates that have some autonomy in relation to the state and are formed voluntarily by members.
