Elaborate upon the concept of civil society along with its role. Also, examine the issues facing
the functioning of the civil society organizations in 500 words.
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February 7, 2019
The challenge for civil society
"The strength of civil society institutions needs to be built up as a balancing force between the state and market institutions... Let us not be supplicants for leftovers from the government or corporate tables."
by VIJAY MAHAJAN
5 min read
The public arena can be conceptualised as a triangle whose three vertices are civil society, the market, and the state. Civil society began with primordial social groupings such as the family, the clan, the tribe, and as humans engaged in settled agriculture—the polis or the nagari.
Though civil society arose before them, the market and the state which came later, slowly gained greater primacy. Thus, the triangle became inverted, with civil society at the base and the state and the market at the top. This is because both the state and the market were strengthened by creating single-purpose institutions.