SOSC 1430 Study Guide - Final Guide: United Nations Development Programme, Civil Society, Economic Globalization
3 Oct 2016
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Central focus of this review is on ngos and social movements, elements of civil society conceptualized as agencies of anti-globalization - repositories of the forces of resistance against global capitalism in its current neoliberal form. One de nition - intermediate realm between the state and the family, populated by organized groups or associations that have some autonomy in relation to the state, formed voluntarily by members of society to advance their interests/values/identities. Civil society operates in the public, albeit non-state sphere, but some kinship organizations above level of the nuclear or extended family may constitute elements of civil society. Civil society, by this de nition, generally excludes pro t-oriented or capitalist corporations. Certain types of rms, such as the media and non-pro t enterprises, often important elements of civil society. When corporations and their ceos combine to form business associations - can also be regarded as part of civil society.
