DEFINITION: CIVIL SOCIETY 1 – Government Organizations (involuntary production o

DEFINITION: CIVIL SOCIETY

1 – Government Organizations (involuntary production of formal institutions) The ‘First Sector’ of society.

2 – Business Organizations (voluntary production of production) “The Second Sector of Society’

3 – Civil Organizations (voluntary production of commons) “The Third Sector of Society”

Civil society consists of the set of non-governmental, non commercial, organizations and institutions by which citizens bring their will into fruition. It includes the family, private relations, and volunteer organizations.

The ‘tiny privileged countries” of the north sea have effectively grown their governments from their civil society orders. This differs from the larger states that formed central governments across multiple areas, families, tribes, and often subcultures.

American civil society was rich until attacked by the government.