Civil society/Related Articles

Parent Topics

Science

• As a civil society concern, sciences of all types are civil associations with complex divisions of labor devoted to building and maintaining bodies of knowledge.

Religion

• The civil society focus on religion is most concerned with the associations, organizations, assemblies, institutions, cultural practices and what some investigators, notably in protestant Christian religions, term "church polity" questions.

Education

• Education is generally deemed to be fundamental to civil society because of its role and function in socializing youths and recent immigrants to their roles and responsibilities as citizens.

Charity

• Charity has several related meanings in civil society discussions.

Community

• Community has a huge number of nuances of meaning, across many disciplines, almost all of which are important in the context of civil society.

Philanthropy

• In history and philosophy, the term usually has a connotation of action for the love (or good) of humankind. In civil society discussions, it often refers narrowly to fundraising or more broadly to Robert Payton's definition of "private action for the public good".

Subtopics

Citizen
Civic culture
Civic engagement
Civil society organization
Commons
Family
Foundations
Independent sector
Nonprofit, Not-for-Profit, Voluntary, Independent
Nonprofit sector
Third sector
Nongovernmental organizations
Nongoverment sector
Social capital
Social movements
Market
State
Voluntary associations
Voluntary sector

Related Topics

Catalog of types of civil society organizations

The broad category of civil society organizations includes many distinct and recognizable types of organizations, several of which are listed on this page.

First Great Awakening

• The First Great Awakening occurred at a time that might be characterized as "pre-civil society" in the American colonies.

Second Great Awakening

• The Second Great Awakening, in the early part of the 19th century, is associated with substantial outbreaks of philanthropic activity in the U.S.

Third Great Awakening

• The Third Great Awakening, in the last half of the 19th century, is associated with a great variety of civil society concerns, including the Social Gospel, Settlement House, and Charity Organization movements.

Fourth Great Awakening

• The Fourth Great Awakening,in the second half of the 20th century, is associated with the growth of a recognizable Third Sector in the U.S.