The role of international non-govermental organisations

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The roles of international non-governmental organizations (in Global Civil Society

Introduction

Despite the great diversification that seems to be the mark of distinction between many cultures and trends in the world , it is an ironic deduction that the world is actually growing less diversified with increasing population . Having evolved from a deeply divided past the notion of having economies and even ideologies that transcend borders and cultures was unheard of . But not anymore , we have moved from a globe full of villages to what is now known as

a global village . In the past , many attempts had been made towards achieving a united globe but all of them failed in one way or another . The will and efforts to unify the world through spiritual revivals such as Christianity and the totalitarian violence of such ideologies as Marxism-Leninism all bore no fruit . But a new perspective of the world that seems to defy these past trends is what is now referred to as the global civil society . This paper examines the origin , meaning and implications of global civil society and globalization and how the international non-governmental organizations have contributed to the realization of both

Globalization and Global Civil Society

The term global civil society has its roots in the phrase civil society and it is thus imperative to define what a civil society is first , so us to facilitate a better understanding of the global aspect of it . There are as many definition of civil society as there are...