POLS 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Civil Society, Neoliberalism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2080
• Professor: Steffi Hamann

Document Summary

Lecture 15: civil society, ngos and the social movements in the developing world. Henry veltmeyer agues that significant growth of civil society organizations comes from Mst is the abbreviation for a well-known peasant movement in Negative interpretations of the work of ngos criticize that they can act as . Encompasses the role of regular people in governance contests about politics and development. Civil society is located between the state and the family. Civil society exists where voluntary organizations pressure to change the rules that govern society. Defines civil society as a political space where voluntary associations deliberately seek to shape the rules that govern social life . Civil society organizations (csos) can be classified according to the issues they engage with. Concerned with specific issues, like the environment or human rights issues. Many organizations still allowed for the rich to benefit, and poor get poorer.