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The publication of Robert Putnam's 'Bowling Alone' in 1995 sparked a vigorous but often murky debate about America's civic condition. Some of the confession arose from the inconclusiveness of the [...]

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a group of black inner-city ministers in Boston organized themselves around a plan for cutting juvenile violence, reclaiming parks and sidewalks, educating at-risk [...]

Many conservatives tend to blame the rise of big government over the course of the 20th century for the decline of American civil society. Convinced that once upon a time [...]

Over the past several decades, American cities have witnessed an explosive growth in the capacity and expertise of community development corporations, church- and community-based organizations, and community lending institutions. These [...]

'Civil society' sounds so nice that few people can believe something serious lies behind the debate the idea has provoked. Sometimes, the word 'civil' is given pride of place and [...]

While nonprofits exist technically in the private sector, their voluntary character renders them the 'most public' of organizations, and thus the agents of maintenance and continuous renewal of civil society. [...]

The US seeks to promote civil democracy as a political and socio-cultural system which combines freedom of expression, association, worship, the rule of law and an open society. This is to be done by having a representative government, respect human rights and support democratic governments and forces., The Clinton administration has made spreading democracy, along with halting the spread of destabilizing weaponry and modernizing the armed forces, one of the central organizing principles of its foreign policy. [...]

ABSTRACT: This study examines the relationship between religious involvement and civic engagement in a comparative, cross-cultural perspective. Using data from a 1996 survey of 3000 Canadians and 3000 Americans, the study assesses religion's relative contribution to civic engagement in the two settings. The study reveals that both religious tradition and, more important, church attendance play an important role in fostering involvement in civil society in both countries, even after controlling for the effects of other factors generally associated with fostering civic activity among members of society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the concept of civil society and its relation to both the state and the market. Different meanings of civil society; Formulation of the relationship between the citizen and the state; Civil society under the management of the state; Moral base of the whole society; Distinction between traditional intellectuals and organic intellectuals.

'The era of big government is over,' President Clinton announced in his State of the Union address in January 1995, responding to the mandate of the people as expressed in [...]

Well-meaning proposals for our schools' role in sustaining a civil society clash with classroom and community realities. For 20 years I've been a classroom teacher in Paterson, New Jersey, one [...]

The author discusses the role of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in the development of national and international community. He mentioned that civil society is a civic, voluntary and social organization which forms the basis of a functioning society. CSO is an uncoerced collective action of a group bound by common causes. The author elaborated the significance of a civil society in a democratic state, stated that it is important for every society to strengthen them by promoting its aims.

In a leaky, drafty former VFW hall on Milwaukee's northwest side, Pastor Gerald Saffold is busy rebuilding civil society. Of course, that's not how he would describe what he's doing. [...]

This article deals with the legislative and regulatory frameworks set up to control and manage the transnational domestic workers in Singapore. These unskilled works permit holders face a number of restrictions and enjoy fewer privileges, which ensure that they do not become permanent residents and can be repatriated in times of economic recession.

The article demonstrates the case of homeowners defending their rights in a community in Guangzhou, by focusing on the study of the culture frame and action strategy adopted for defending the right to collective action. The multiple strategies adopted by the defenders to deal with different opponents and how circumstances and culture frame have an impact on the adoption and implementation of different strategies are discussed.

A nonparticipation syndrome has emerged in Russia from the 1990s, in which about 70 percent of the Russians feel that people like them are not in a position to have any serious influence on the making of important political decisions.

A study into the widely contested contexts of the term 'civil society' used by groups and writers and how increasing use has coincided with the expansion of the voluntary and non-governmental organizations into welfare delivery is illustrated.

The article discusses the significant role of society in deepening political freedoms and civil liberties among citizens and the effect on improved institutional performance.

The erosion of the Norwegian democratic infrastructure is discussed, with emphasis on the causes and effects of the transformation of the voluntary sector and the decline of social movements. Smaller and better associations catering for individuals needs have replaced the large-scale ideological mass movements as an impact of globalization, the structural characteristics of which are giving rise to new forms of civic participation.

The genealogy of the most influential understanding of the term 'civil society' can be traced to what has been described as the 'Americanization' of the concept in the last two decades. Through the instrumentalization of this neo-Tocquevillian conception of 'civil society,' a new social space is being designed in the global South. With the growing flow between academic theories and knowledge and the world of aid agencies, policies and practical politics, civil society is becoming a means to an end - democratization, economic growth or sustainable development - rather than an end in itself.

What has happened to the nation's common identity and vision of a shared future? More precisely, what has happened to the understanding of ourselves as the bearers of a great [...]

One of the few points of convergence in the globalization literature between feminists and others are demonstrated. The continuation of the social and political movements to focus on the nation-state is debated.

Civil society, which is like standardized testing is described to be liberating and constraining. Standardized testing is explained to play an important role in American public education.