scholarly journals Politiske aksjoner i Norge: Hvilken rolle spiller organisasjonene?

2018 ◽  
pp. 31-62
Author(s):  
Kristin Strømsnes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Formal Organizations ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Shed Light

In this chapter, we analyze protests and demonstrations in Norway in the period between 1983 and 2016. The aim is to shed light on the role of different kinds of civil society organizations in the protest channel, and the relationship that exist between political and civic engagement. The analysis presented stem from two original datasets. The first one is built on the national assembly’s own archive, where legal protests and demonstrations outside the assembly building are recorded. The second dataset is built on the compilation of recorded protests in Norway’s largest newspapers, Aftenposten and Verdens Gang, and contains both legal and illegal protests carried out in Oslo or in other parts of Norway. We find a vibrant protest channel where a host of political and social issues are presented through various protest activities, and where a broad variety of organizations play an important role in organizing and executing demonstrations and protests. Even though there is evidence of informal networks and private initiatives that organize protests, the main bulk of activities are carried out by formal organizations. Hence, a limited amount of protests are considered spontanious and unorganized.

scholarly journals Det samiske sivilsamfunnet i Sametinget og i samepolitikken1

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-138
Author(s):  
Per Selle ◽  
Kristin Strømsnes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political System ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Advocacy Role ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

A vibrant civil society is important in a democratic system, and society’s contact with, opposition to and control of the political system is crucial for the democratic system to survive. In this chapter we look at the relationship between the Sámi Parliament and Sámi civil society from several perspectives: those of the party leaders and representatives, the civil society organizations, and the voters. We find that Sámi interest and participation in civil society is at the same level as that of the population at large when we measure participation in Sámi and Norwegian organizations combined. We also find that the level and type of contact between the parties represented in the Sámi Parliament and Sámi civil society organizations is limited, and that little points to these organizations having an important advocacy role. Their control and opposition role is weak. We conclude that the political role of Sámi civil society is weak and challenging for the Sámi political system and democracy.

scholarly journals Nye former for samfunnsengasjement og kollektiv handling

2018 ◽  
pp. 7-30
Author(s):  
Bernard Enjolras ◽  
Ivar Eimhjellen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Formal Organizations ◽  
Selective Incentives ◽  
Connective Action ◽  
New Form

This chapter introduces the book’s main topics and analytical frame. With the development of societal meta-processes of change such as digitalization, individualization and globalization, the condition of collective action are under transformation. The main question, addressed by this book, is whether a new form of collective action – connective action – can be empirically identified when looking at the late developments in Norway. The need for formal organizations and selective incentives has been emphasized as a solution to the “collective action problem”. Digitalization, by enabling “organizing without organizations” is expected to enhance new forms of collective action that are more individualized and do not require formal organizations. Additionally, since digital networks cross territorial boundaries, collective action is expected to take a transnational character. With such a backdrop, the contributions assembled in this book, based on extensive empirical investigations, examine the extent to which digitalization transforms civic engagement, whether the boundary between volunteerism and political activism are becoming increasingly blurred, whether new organizing forms are emerging in the wake of digitalization, and whether it is possible to identify new forms of transnational collective action. Taken together, the contributions to this book do not support the emergence of a new form of collective action. On the contrary, in spite of the transformations affecting the forms of collective action and civic engagement, the empirical evidence emphasize the continued importance of the infrastructure constituted of civil society organizations for supporting collective action.

scholarly journals Humanitarian organizations in the light of the Holy Quran and Sunnah: التنظيمات الإنسانية في ضوء القرآن الكريم والسنة النبوية

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Ali Hassan Ananzeh, Feras Ali Alhamad Ananzeh
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Humanitarian Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Organizations ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Awareness Raising ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Of Greece

    This study aims to shed light on the humanitarian organizations in light of the growing role of civil society organizations, including constructive and destructive, in addition to dealing with its emergence and development and the role that can play on the local and international arenas in the light of the guidance of the Koran and the Sunnah. The researcher has followed the inductive fundamentalist approach through the use of verses from the Koran supported by the interpretation of the interpreters and try to drop these interpretations on the lived reality through reference to the evidence from the Koran explicit, as well as the researcher inferred the Prophet's Sunnah, coupled with the explanations of the hadith Hadith as well as his biography In the publication of the Islamic call, the researcher reached many results, the most important of which are the different philosophers of Greece and the Greeks in their contemplation of human organizations through their freshness to society and the extent of enrichment provided by Arab and Muslim philosophers in the conceptualization. The researcher reached the legitimacy of constructive humanitarian organizations such as advocacy, liberation and humanitarian relief and awareness- raising organizations and the fight against organizations with destructive orientations that target the nation and its unity as Zionist and atheistic organizations. In contrast, the study recommended that all constructive humanitarian organizations should be encouraged. The study recommended that the role of civil society organizations should be activated in parallel with government institutions so that they are of no help to them, as explained in the conclusion of the search.  

The Reform of the Moudawana: The Role of Women's Civil Society Organizations in Changing the Personal Status Code in Morocco

Hawwa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriana Wuerth
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Constant Pressure ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Personal Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Status Code

AbstractThe relationship between society and law is dynamic and complex, as laws are both the reflection of the society that creates them and the sculptor of the society over which they rule. These two forces exert constant pressure on one another, and if law and society do not adequately mirror each other, tension is likely to result. Law is not a static entity, but rather must adapt itself to society as changes occur within that society; similarly, as law changes, society too will evolve. This process can be seen in Morocco, where the Moudawana, or Personal Status Code, viewed by many as an inherently discriminatory text, has been undergoing a process of reform. The reforms in January of 2004 were both an attempt to increase women's rights and participation in society and a result of women's increased economic and political participation.

scholarly journals Training and Employee Performance: Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in Civil Society Organizations of Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1041-1050
Author(s):  
Nargis Abbas ◽  
Uzma Ashiq ◽  
Ayesha Abbas
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Business World ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Indispensable Tool ◽  
The Relationship

In the advanced business world, training is an indispensable tool used to build the new abilities, skills and enhance the employee’ knowledge which in result boost the employee performance. The current research aims to investigate how training influences employees’ performance in the presence of job satisfaction as a mediator in civil society organizations of Pakistan. The quantitative survey research design was used. A sample of two hundred and nineteen employees was drawn from civil society organizations of Punjab, using the Krijchi and Morgan Table. A questionnaire was adopted as a tool to collect the data. Hierarchical regression was run to analyze the mediating impact of job satisfaction on the relationship between training and employee performance. The results indicated that training has a direct positive relationship with the performance of the employee. Further, job satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between training and employee performance. It is suggested that need base and interactive trainings should be provided to enhance employee’s performance.

scholarly journals Source of Life or Kiss of Death: Revisiting State-Civil Society Dynamics in India during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajesh Tandon ◽  
Ram Aravind
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Subsequent Phase ◽  
The Government ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Civic Space

Abstract As COVID-19 spread through India, Civil Society Organizations (CSO)s mobilized resources to support the efforts of the Government by playing the role of an active partner in providing social and economic welfare to the affected population. This paper aims to provide a concise overview of the response of civil society to the pandemic situation at the grassroots and policy level. Further, the authors discuss the paradox in demonstrated efficiency and commitment of civil society, which follows a crackdown on civil society organizations by the state through silencing voices of dissent and regulating the shrinking civic space. The strained relationship between the government and civil society organizations in India is also examined against the backdrop of draconian legislation and policies framed during the time of COVID-19, proscribing debate, review or consultations. In the context of the pandemic and the subsequent phase of recovery, such actions of the Government will have deleterious effects on the relationship of trust between civil society and the state. Through this paper, the authors argue for a more tolerant and co-operative approach to the functions of civil society organizations by the Government, thus effectively reducing mistrust and suspicion in the intentions of the state.

Case study 2

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Ferlie ◽  
Sue Dopson ◽  
Chris Bennett ◽  
Michael D. Fischer ◽  
Jean Ledger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Think Tanks ◽  
Science Literature ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Significant Potential ◽  
Key Stakeholders

This chapter analyses the role of think tanks in generating a distinctive mode of policy knowledge, pragmatically orientated to inform and shape issues of importance to civil society. Drawing on political science literature, we argue that think tanks exploit niche areas of expertise and influence to actively mobilize policy analyses and recommendations across diverse stakeholders. Through our exploratory mapping of think tanks, geographically concentrated within London, we characterize their influence as significantly boosting knowledge intensity across the regional ecosystem. In particular, we study the empirical case of one London-based think tank which powerfully mobilized policy knowledge through its formal and informal networks to build influential expert consensus amongst key stakeholders. We conclude that such organizations act as key knowledge producers and mobilizers, with significant potential to influence policy discourses and implementation.

Rights of the Child

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asha Bajpai
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Legal Definition ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Government ◽  
Definition Of

The chapter commences with the change in the perspective and approach relating to children from welfare to rights approach. It then deals with the legal definition of child in India under various laws. It gives a brief overview of the present legal framework in India. It states briefly the various policies and plans, and programmes of the Government of India related to children. International law on the rights of the child is enumerated and a summary of the important judgments by Indian courts are also included. The chapter ends with pointing out the role of civil society organizations in dealing with the rights of the child and a mention of challenges ahead.

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