After the Soviet empire: civil society in democratizing states
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Civil society refers to the structures that mediate between a state and its citizens, including churches, labor unions, businesses and pressure groups. The failure of post-Communist countries to agree on what constitutes civil society is one reason for their citizens' lack of political awareness.
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 1996
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Civil is not good enough
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Politicians wanted to revivify the American civil society because of the growing social problems. However, the civic society requires a deeper cultivation of values and beliefs to understand the social issues.
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 1996
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The family in America: a call to civil society
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The US is consuming, but not replacing, the civil and moral resources that make its democracy possible. A democratic civil society, based on moral truth, is the basis on which human beings can flourish.
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 1999
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