Civil society/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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 [[Catalog of types of civil society organizations]] <BR> [[First Great Awakening]] <BR> [[Second Great Awakening]] <BR> [[Third Great Awakening]] <BR> [[Fourth Great Awakening]]
-== Debate ==
-In this section are listed a number of issues and controversial questions surrounding the concept of civil society:
-:: • One of the most basic issues in the social sciences (perhaps ranking up there with nature-nurture) is the question of the relation of state and society. Which is more fundamental? Which precedes which logically? empirically? historically? Can the two terms be defined separately?
-:: • Some U.S. political theorists have even suggested that the U.S. (as a "government of the people" does not (or cannot) have a political state distinguishable from society.
-:: • A related question which has intrigued recent investigators is the relation between civil society and the third (voluntary or nonprofit) sector.
-:: • Another related question is the relation between state and government.
-:: • Are we experiencing genuine declines in civic participation and deteriorating civil society as Robert Putnam's research suggests? The experts disagree.

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