National Spatial Planning and the Constraints pertaining to the New Territorial Governance in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia by Mourad Ben Jelloul

“…Because of the January 2011 popular uprisings the local populations and the civil society in underprivileged areas exerted political pressure on the successive governments as well as the ruling political parties to improve the socio-economic situation of their regions and to end their isolation. …”
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Sociologia e gestão ambiental: considerações a partir de uma Reserva Extrativista Marinha by Maria Cristina Alves Maneschy, Tânia Guimarães Ribeiro, Edma Silva Moreira, Fernanda Valli Nummer, Ida Lenir Maria Pena Gonçalves

“…It is subject to a comanagement regime by residents, resources users, representatives of public and private agencies and civil society. This paper aims to understand how these actors interact to build this institution in a participatory way. …”
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ICT and agriculture in India by Balasubramanian Dhandapani, Rico Lie, Pierre Grard

“…Needless to say, FOSS (Free Open Source Software) has encouraged the participation of civil society, creating potential for developing specific information technology tools. …”
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Social welfare in the Greco-Roman world as a background for early Christian practice by P. Lampe

“…The enormous role of civil society – private persons, their households and associations – in holding up social-welfare functions is shown. …”
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Mechanisms of Social Consolidation in the Network Society by L. A. Bobova

“…The consolidation process intensifies due to government legitimacy crisis and loss of public trust in government and indicates an emergence of a new form of a civil society.…”
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Cutting Edge: Biomarkers for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria by Marco Folci, Enrico Heffler, Giorgio W. Canonica, Raffaello Furlan, Enrico Brunetta

“…It represents the most common subtype of chronic urticaria and is gaining importance in civil society because of its association with impaired quality of life. …”
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Gouvernance territoriale de l’environnement et conflits d’usage. Le cas du bassin versant du lac de Tota (Boyacá, Andes colombiennes) by David Leroy, Alvaro Martín Gutiérrez Malaxechebaría, Jean-Marc Antoine, Alexandra Angéliaume-Descamps

“…This is evidenced by the competition between two governance structures (Mesa de trabajo Permanente and Consejo de Cuenca) which highlights the power relations between public authorities and civil society.…”
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The Role of UNCLOS 1982 in Maintaining and Protecting the International Marine Environment by Anita Dian Eka Kusuma, Akbar Kurnia Putra

“…Moreover, international conventions like the Espoo Convention and the Aarhus Convention stress the importance of public participation in environmental governance, advocating for civil society's involvement to ensure public interests and concerns are addressed. …”
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Intersectoriality as a managerial technology in Cuba voluntary blood donations by Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Vivian de las Mercedes Noriega Bravo

“…It is concluded that the use of intersectoriality in the health management of voluntary blood donations, strengthens and distinguishes the Cuban Blood Donation Program in relation to the rest of the world, however, it is necessary to improve the strategic alliances between the health sector and other sectors of organized civil society involved in the activities that comprise this process.…”
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Sustainable Development, Digital Democracy, and Open Government: Co-Creation Synergy in Ukraine by Khutkyy Dmytro, Matveieva Olga

“…Public consultations increased awareness about the SDGs in Ukrainian civil society and prompted authorities to implement them. …”
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L’invention du culte musulman dans l’Algérie coloniale du xixe siècle by Oissila Saaidia

“…On the other hand, French civil society, a multi-confessional society, would have been required to show respect for Islam. …”
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Knowledge management and the power of communication: INDESGUA as a social technology enabling equitable access to scholarships in Guatemala by Kleinsy Bonilla, Natalia Ortiz Barrientos, Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras

“…It documents a communication-based social technology initiative led by organized local civil society: the Institute for the Development of Higher Education in Guatemala—INDESGUA, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007. …”
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Engaging Political Pentecostalism: A Probe into the Political Theology of a Post-Confessional Christian Network by Leandro Luis Bedin Fontana

“…This new development represents a point of inflection in many respects within the trajectory of modern societies, particularly in the Global South, and adds new challenges to the already vexed relation between religion and civil society. Methodologically, this paper sets out to systematize the results of extensive ethnological studies about this phenomenon with the aim of reconstructing its genealogy, capturing its distinctive phenomenological traits, and distilling its central theological tenets. …”
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Temps, progrès et races dans les Lumières écossaises by Silvia Sebastiani

“…Scottish literati explained the observable differences among peoples according to a universal pattern of development, from ‘savagery’ to ‘civil society’. The comparative perspective enabled the ‘savage’ and the ‘civil’ to be examined as subjects of societies on the same historical path, though progressing along it at different rates and in different times. …”
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Who Does and Who Does Not Engage in Strategic Litigation in European Law? by Andreas Hofmann

“…While much research has emphasized European law as a resource for civil society groups, EU law in particular has also been identified as a boon for businesses who challenge cornerstones of coordinated capitalism. …”
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L’aménagement du territoire national et les contraintes de la nouvelle gouvernance dans la Tunisie postrévolutionnaire by Mourad Ben Jelloul

“…Because of the January 2011 popular uprisings the local populations and the civil society in underprivileged areas exerted political pressure on the successive governments as well as the ruling political parties to improve the socio-economic situation of their regions and to end their isolation. …”
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L’arbre au cœur du paysage urbain : symbole ou action militante ? by Frédéric Bœuf, Florence Robert

“…This provides an opportunity to challenge the perception of the tree as a heritage and symbol of the urban landscape ; this vision is often sublimated (by civil society) or on the contrary neglected (by urban planners). …”
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Master of Monitoring and Evaluation by Kabale University

“…The overall goal of the Master of Monitoring and Evaluation Program is to strengthen the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of interventions by governments, civil society and non-government organizations as well as development partners in Sub-Saharan Africa through the development and enhancement of capacity for evaluation The program broadly aims to impart knowledge, skills and competences to students interested in building a career in monitoring and evaluation…”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…The regime, in search of relegitimization, endorses the rhetoric of co-production of public policies, to be guaranteed by the involvement of the “civil society”.The confrontation between the actors is based on a consensus which results in common alignment on the legalistic and managerial treatment of security reform. …”
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Le défi de l’appropriation de la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) par des syndicats nationaux : les leçons de la Coalition québécoise contre les ateliers de misère (CQC... by Emmanuelle Champion

“…In 2003, a major Canadian private sector union created, with several other civil society actors, the Coalition Québécoise contre les Ateliers de Misère (CQCAM), with the mandate to raise public awareness of their existence and develop alternatives to counter their proliferation. …”
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