Democracy and institution of civil society | ||
journal of kerbala university | ||
Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 0, January 2014, Pages 31-42 PDF (0 K) | ||
Abstract | ||
Civil society contributes daily in the promotion and protection of democracy all over the world. However different naming civil society organizations, whether they are defenders, non-governmental organizations, trade unions, student clubs, trade unions, university institutes, bloggers or charities that work with groups vulnerable to discrimination-the actors of civil society are working for a better future and share in the general objectives to achieve justice,equality and respect for human dignity under a democratic system to ensure human rights and freedoms. This is not limited to civil society to volunteer an individual only for the purpose of achieving social benefit for the people, but also the freedom to establish institutions of civil works in the political sphere . The civil society in terms of principle, knitwear of the relationships that exist between its members on the one hand, and between them and the state of the other. These relations are based on mutual interests and benefits, hiring, understanding and diversity and the rights and duties and responsibilities, and accountability of the state at all times, which necessitates where it accountable , hand procedural, this fabric of relations requires in order to be meaningful, that is embodied in the institutions of voluntary social, economic and cultural rights multiple together constitute the basic rule that underpin the legitimacy of the state on the one hand, and a means of accountability if needed, on the other . And civil society is a society largely independent from the supervision of the state direct,it is characterized by independence and automatic regulation and the entrepreneurial spirit of individual and collective,and volunteer work,and enthusiasm to serve the public interest,and to defend the rights of vulnerable groups,and even though it elevates the status of the individual,but it is not an unincorporated community on the contrary,community solidarity through a wide network of institutions.Growing importance of civil society and the maturity of its institutions for his role in organizing and activating the participation of people in their destiny and confront the policies that affect their livelihoods and increase their impoverishment,and what is its role in spreading the culture of creating self-initiative ,the culture of institution-building,culture upholding the citizen,and the emphasis on the will of the citizens in the historical action and attract them to the yard historical action and contribute effectively to the achievement of the great transformations of the communities do not even leave the monopoly of the ruling elites and all this | ||
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