statement of the problem: in this article relationship between social trust and civil society (with emphasis on voluntary associations) is empirically examined. in addition, this article attempts to answer this question: what kind of relationship is there between voluntary associations membership and social trust? method: 457 students of mazandaran university were chosen and the questionnaires ...

using discourse analysis theories and methods, the authors try to analyze the elements of the civil modern family pattern as an outcome and objective adequacy of the civil society in the three descriptive, interpretative and explanative levels in the perspective of the contemporary socio-political history of the iranian society. to this end, the authors develop and employ a synthetic model (bas...

The idea of civil society contains a set of assumptions about the unity of civil society, the civility of civil society, the ‘separateness’ of civil society and the state, and the intrinsic relationship between civil society and democracy. All of these assumptions can be questioned by examining civil society in a specific country context. In the case of Ghana, processes in civil society have al...

Despite declared political commitment to implement the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, many countries are experiencing challenges in moving to concrete action. The response to the 2011 UN political declaration and to the regional framework for action which was endorsed by the Regio...

Abstract Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to implement policies effectively and provide a supportive institutional environment? We explore these questions in a study of privatization in postcommunis...