POL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Civil Society, Arab Spring, Occupy Movement
14 Feb 2020
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People fight for ideas and interests that they do not see reflected in the political systems in which they live. They do not want to govern, but they want to influence the state directly or public opinion more generally. Civil society research focuses on the ways that individuals come together to do this. Civil society includes the formally organized groups (e. g. , labour unions, non-profit organizations) and the spontaneously organized networks and social movements that serve to transmit interests and ideas into the policy arena. Civil society: the social sphere, distinct from both the state and the market, which includes a wide range of social institutions and organizations around and through which people organize and pursue common interests. High-profile civil society mobilizations have drawn attention to the power that political, financial, and economic elites yield (e. g. , the arab spring and the occupy movement).
