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Civil Society and Civil Organizations

Organization, 1996
Civil society is analysed from an organizational perspective. Many ideas about the quality of interaction in civil society are similar to ideas about how to create excellent organizations. Although there is no clear definition of civil society, it is first of all understood in contrast to the state.
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Civil Society Versus Organized Crime

Critique of Anthropology, 2001
Based on fieldwork in Palermo, this article analyzes the city’s antimafia movement in which the words ‘civil society’ have ample resonance. On the one hand, they convey an ecumenical meaning, suited to overcoming the otherwise polarized Communist and Christian Democratic political identities that anti-mafia activists inherited from the Cold War era ...
Jane Schneider, Peter Schneider
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Civil Society Organizations and Evaluation

Evaluation, 2007
The past two decades have seen a drastic increase in the role and expectations of civil society organizations (CSOs) in international development, placing greater demands on the evaluation of CSOs and associated programs.While there is much potential in CSOs, it is important to recognize the distinctly political and economic realities in which they ...
Scott G. Chaplowe   +1 more
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Civil society organizations and policy analysis

2021
Chapter Twelve assess the relationship between civil society organisations (CSOs) and policy analysis in contemporary Ireland. Since the 1980s CSOs have assumed an increasingly important role in social, economic and environmental policy and have been resilient and versatile in their approach to engaging with policy formation.
Mary P. Murphy, Orla O’Connor
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Civil Society Organizations

The authors explore the concepts of legitimacy and accountability in the academic literature. Specifically, they discuss how these concepts relate to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and in what ways legitimacy is constructed, understood and represented in the Civil Society sector.
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Civil Society Organizations in Knowledge Society

International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management, 2012
The notion of a knowledge society demands equal access of knowledge for every stakeholder in the society. Modern information and communication technologies play a significant role in accessing and storing knowledge, which is a vital enabler for fostering knowledge society paradigm.
Saqib Saeed, Markus Rohde, Volker Wulf
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