Framework of the Study - Global Civil Society

Abstract

This brief note intends to elaborate some key issues which should be addressed in the study of the global movement. citizens The framework of the study must start by recognising the Independent and autonomous existence of Civil Society. All Citizen initiatives and voluntary action (including NGO initiatives) should be seen as rooted in Civil Society and intended. to strengthen its capacity to interact with the State and institutions, on the one hand, and the Worked and its mechanisms, on the other. Thus the conceptual framework of the study should be a departure from the previous models of Development which either give primacy to the State and its agencies or to the Market and its mechanisms. Viewed in this sense, then initiatives and institutions of the Civil Society need to be understood and acknowledged. The study should be an attempt to record and analyse the range of such initiatives currently and historically undertaken in different socio-political contexts. The study should also In attempt to analyse the impact of these initiatives.