BDCSO Annual Conference Paper
State, Market and Civil Society
Definition of Civil society:
Any state has two main parts-
The terminology Shushil Shomaj in Bengali is used government and people or civil.
for the English term civil society. The word Civil One of the links between the
Society came from Roman word Civil. The origin of
Civil is again from the word Civitas. In ancient Rome
government and the citizen is
and Greece there were City-centric state. The city- called civil society.
centric states were called ‘Civitas’. ‘Civitas’ or the
residents of city-states were called ‘Civil’ or citizens 3. The goals and objectives of civil society should
of the state. On the other hand, society means be specific and transparent. That means civil
forum or Somaj. So originally ‘Civil society’ means society will be a non-state organization, her
‘a society of citizens'. At present, we understand position will be outside the political parties and
the civil society as a society of conscious citizens. its activities will be open and transparent against
their declared programs.
Any state has two main parts- government and The needs of civil society:
people or civil. One of the links between this In an ideal democratic state at the present time,
government and the citizen is the civil society. Civil there are usually three departments called Law,
society will cooperate the state by praising, Justice and Governance. For being an effective
criticizing and advising, the message of the state, the effectiveness of these three sections is
government will reach out to citizens, and citizens must. Civil society will advise the government to
too to the government as vise-versa. That's why keep the relationships up between these three
civil society is needed. departments appropriate. Even they will
monitor if necessary. Not only overseeing the
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation executive branch, but also overseeing all other
defines civil society as: “The arena outside of the institutions and departments of the state is one
family, the state and market where people
of the basic functions of civil society. Where civil
associate to advance common interests”. Civil
society is not effective, democratic states are
society is also considered the ‘third division’ or largely remain ineffective.
third sector of a society, which is separate from the
government and the trade or business sector. That The relationship between the government and
means civil society has different types of the civil society:
relationship with the government and the trade or What is the relationship of the civil society with
markets. the government, we can recall the philosopher
Hegel, He says - Government in the modern
There are certain features that determine who is state is becoming more and more strong that
civil society, such as: 1. Civil society cannot be a the person as citizen observes gradually
part of the state or government, cannot take shrinking space in securing their personal
assistance from the government; 2. Civil society property rights. So the individuals take initiative
cannot be associated with any political parties, this to from different clubs and society on their own
does not mean that civil society will have no outside their families and state. These type of
political thoughts or values; organisations are called Civil Society. Hegel
State, Market and Civil Society
Definition of Civil society:
Any state has two main parts-
The terminology Shushil Shomaj in Bengali is used government and people or civil.
for the English term civil society. The word Civil One of the links between the
Society came from Roman word Civil. The origin of
Civil is again from the word Civitas. In ancient Rome
government and the citizen is
and Greece there were City-centric state. The city- called civil society.
centric states were called ‘Civitas’. ‘Civitas’ or the
residents of city-states were called ‘Civil’ or citizens 3. The goals and objectives of civil society should
of the state. On the other hand, society means be specific and transparent. That means civil
forum or Somaj. So originally ‘Civil society’ means society will be a non-state organization, her
‘a society of citizens'. At present, we understand position will be outside the political parties and
the civil society as a society of conscious citizens. its activities will be open and transparent against
their declared programs.
Any state has two main parts- government and The needs of civil society:
people or civil. One of the links between this In an ideal democratic state at the present time,
government and the citizen is the civil society. Civil there are usually three departments called Law,
society will cooperate the state by praising, Justice and Governance. For being an effective
criticizing and advising, the message of the state, the effectiveness of these three sections is
government will reach out to citizens, and citizens must. Civil society will advise the government to
too to the government as vise-versa. That's why keep the relationships up between these three
civil society is needed. departments appropriate. Even they will
monitor if necessary. Not only overseeing the
Civicus World Alliance for Citizen Participation executive branch, but also overseeing all other
defines civil society as: “The arena outside of the institutions and departments of the state is one
family, the state and market where people
of the basic functions of civil society. Where civil
associate to advance common interests”. Civil
society is not effective, democratic states are
society is also considered the ‘third division’ or largely remain ineffective.
third sector of a society, which is separate from the
government and the trade or business sector. That The relationship between the government and
means civil society has different types of the civil society:
relationship with the government and the trade or What is the relationship of the civil society with
markets. the government, we can recall the philosopher
Hegel, He says - Government in the modern
There are certain features that determine who is state is becoming more and more strong that
civil society, such as: 1. Civil society cannot be a the person as citizen observes gradually
part of the state or government, cannot take shrinking space in securing their personal
assistance from the government; 2. Civil society property rights. So the individuals take initiative
cannot be associated with any political parties, this to from different clubs and society on their own
does not mean that civil society will have no outside their families and state. These type of
political thoughts or values; organisations are called Civil Society. Hegel
