since there are various views on the civil society, in this paper the writer first introduces two main views, a limited view and a broad view, explaining the concept based on these two views. the two views, formed by social and political theorists, are firmly grounded in political and social literature. to explain the concept, the writer introduces the indexes of the civil society, the most imp...

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Challenges of sustainability even under maximum cooperation 3. Erosion of social development policy in the rich countries and consequent distress 4. Guidance given by the Earth Summit and its rejection by the rich 5. Asymmetries and systemic biases in the trading system against weaker members 6. Rich country civil societies attack and undermine international intergov...

BACKGROUND Adequate infant and young child nutrition demands high rates of breastfeeding and good access to nutrient rich complementary foods, requiring public sector action to promote breastfeeding and home based complementary feeding, and private sector action to refrain from undermining breastfeeding and to provide affordable, nutrient rich complementary foods. Unfortunately, due to a lack o...

economic literature in 1990s notifies that the larger a nation’s social capital is, the more fortunate and wealthier the nation would be. social capital or social part of production function is a nation’s historical heritage that aids the civil society in solving its problems through confidence factor. civil society institutions encourage the option of cooperation strategy by means of informati...

Politics is not the ghost in the machine of global health policy. Conceptually, it makes little sense to argue otherwise, while history is replete with examples of individuals and movements engaging politically in global health policy. Were one looking for ghosts, a more likely candidate would be democracy, which is currently under attack by a new global health technocracy. Civil society moveme...

Nine years after the Kobe earthquake in Japan, social issues are still prominent, and the rehabilitation process is still ongoing. The earthquake caused two major changes in Japanese society: an increase in voluntary and non-government activities, and the enhancement of cooperation between local government and the residents' association. People's participation in the decision-making process was...