Political Science 2225E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Civil Society, United Nations Economic And Social Council

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2225E
• Professor: Thomas Tieku

Document Summary

Civil society is a political space, or arena, where voluntary associations of people seek, from outside political parties, to shape the rules (formal and informal) that govern one of the other aspect of social life . They are voluntary, political oriented associations comprised of people who share concerns about a particular policy area or problem. If they are motivated by either of these two things, they are not part of global civil society promise of financial profit and political power: ex. Nike, walmart would not be a part of global civil society: ex. the liberal party of canada is not either, ex. International chamber of commerce and the dairy farmers of canada are part of global civil society: ex. unions are part of gcs. Examples: doctors without borders, philanthropic associations, think tanks, faith based organizations (sometimes) Improvements in communications technology, especially the internet. Change in consciousness regarding the limits of territoriality and the principle of non- intervention.