Lecture 13 Flashcards

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What is civil society?

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Civil society is non-governmental organizations and institutions that share purposes, values, and interest groups

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How do we recognise civil society/ What is self organizing society

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  • Separate from the state
  • Wide variety of groups
  • Interact with politics but does not seek to replace (power)

Also separate form
- profit- making (market)
- private ( family)

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Where is civil society?/ where is it in relation to everything else?

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It is part of the so called “third sector”
Not part of the public sector, not part of the private sector

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When did civil society emerged?

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In the 18th century, became prominent in the 1970- 1980

Fight for freedom and democracy in latin America and East Europe

Build its reputation on overthrowing communist regimes

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5
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The power of angry people

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Protest and movements, when people feel like they cannot be represented by official channels

Examples:
- Arab spring
- Black lives matter
- Hong Kong protest
- Occupy Wall Street

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The power of regular people

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Organizations which represent people and their ideas, values or activities

Can go by many names:

  • Non- profit
  • Interest Group
  • Voluntary
  • Charity
  • Activists
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7
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3 approaches of civil society

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  • Pluralist
  • Governance
  • Normative
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What is NGO

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A type of actor in civil society

( Non- Governmental Organisation)

Mostly defined but what they are not

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9
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The meaning of NGO

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N = Non-Governmental
G= Independent from government
O= have an organisational structure

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10
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Types of Interest groups

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  • Insider
    Winning support trough lobbying and personal contact
  • Outsider
    Winning over public opinion through campaigning, the media

Examples:
- welfare groups
- religious groups
- single interest groups
- agricultural organisations
- trade unions

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11
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The power of the press

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  • Essential element of Democracy
  • Media structures people perception of politics
  • Watchdog of democracy
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12
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New ways to consume media

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  • Access to internet and mobile phones
  • Transformed ability of ordinary citizens to access news
  • Organize when confronted with repression
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13
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Advantages/ Accomplices of Media

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  • cheap and easy way for politicians to get their message across
    • direct communication with individual voters and targeted messages
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Adversaries/ Disadvantages Media

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  • Individuals can now report breaking news quicker than news agencies
  • can publish alternative versions of events
  • non-journalists can publish comments in blogs and comment-sections
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15
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Post truth societies

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Fake news, alternative facts and post- truth

  • facts become relative
  • what contradicts emotion is fake
  • shape public opinion
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