Since Tocqueville (1835), civil society has been recognized as a cornerstone of liberal democracy. But populists claim to be the only legitimate representatives people, leaving no space for society. Are populism and enemies? To answer this question, we look at voters’ choices in Europe. We find that individuals belonging associations are less likely by 1.6–2.8 percentage points vote populist pa...

South Sudan is one of the countries that has been hit by internal conflict since its independence in 2011. This article basically describes involvement civil society peace negotiations Sudan. Using literature study method and through concepts peace, this reviews analyzes extent to which local involved negotiation process a finding participation efforts quite high, but not significant. an implic...

based on a gender equity perspective and within a pluralistic civil society, women should have equal rights for presence in and use of urban open spaces. despite this, various factors decrease their presence including inappropriate design of space, as well as socio-cultural obstacles. since women’s major place of presence and activity has traditionally been in or near home, neighborhood open sp...

Civil society has been the engine that has permitted many of the accomplishments seen in tobacco control in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, the role of civil society is not clearly understood. Civil society plays five main roles: advocate, coalition builder, provider of evidence-based information, watchdog and service provider. Some of these roles are played weakly by civil society in...