civil society

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilandsociety

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civil
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪv.əl/us
/ˈsɪv.əl/
not military or religious, or relating to the ordinary people of ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofcivilandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One extension of this point returns us to the issue of institutional structures withincivilsociety.
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These new parties often had origins in thecivilsocietywhich was allowed to exist during the authoritarian era.
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The history of the relationship between insurance andcivilsociety, as usually told, is an anticlimactic narrative.
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Another major path of democratic transitions is the revolt or mobilization of social forces-especially incivilsociety-against the regime.
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His study demonstrated thatcivilsocietyactivism had been largely ignored in the academic world, but was an important political reality.
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Very few scholars have even addressed the weaknesses ofcivilsocietygroups as organisational and ideological entities.
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In both countries there has been a dramatic breakdown in the norms essential for any form ofcivilsociety.
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Finally, international organisations and donors considered regional strategies withcivilsocietyas alternative or complementary to diplomacy.
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And while donors fly thecivilsocietybanner with apparent confidence, the actual body of empirical research underlying the cause is surprisingly thin.
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This political environment led to the systematic blockage of access to the state decisionmaking apparatus forcivilsocietygroups.
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Of these, organizedcivilsocietyinterests play a formal role on advisory committees that contribute to policy formulation.
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The answer to these questions depends on the extent to which organisedcivilsocietycan demand rights and protect them.
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Institutions ofcivilsociety, including trade unions, churches and voluntary associations, were also intimately involved in the development of the administration of the welfare state.
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The second issue that merits specific comment concerns the importance of focusing on power relations withincivilsocietyorganisations.#!
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Business groups, who might normally side with conservative political forces, saw their interests align withcivilsocietyactivists and the protestors.
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Indeed, the presence of a vibrantcivilsocietyconstitutes a key requirement for democracy to function properly.
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Both were characterised by government 'tutelage' overcivilsociety, although the kind of constraints imposed oncivilsocietyvaried considerably.
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In established democracies, with well-understood legal conventions and a robustcivilsocietythat limits the exercise of government power, media effects may often be modest.
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A substantial part of the debate on the transformation has been devoted to considerations of 'civilsociety'.
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