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Global Civil Society on the Rise
Written by Tom Fries
This simple chart shows the approximate trend in the overall “population” of global NGOs over the past few years.
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How many NGOs with consultative status to the UN does each region have per million inhabitants?
Written by Tom Fries
This bar graph compares the representation of different regions at the UN, in terms of NGOs with consultative status, for the citizens of different regions (UN Geoscheme-defined regions).
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Two steps forward, one step back for Arab civil society
Written by Tom Fries
James Traub, writing in Foreign Policy, discusses the failed effort of the Arab “Forum for the Future” to incorporate civil society, and its ramifications: “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum”. Read more
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Egyptian civil society: a bellwether for the Arab Spring?
Written by Tom Fries
Did civil society in Egypt presage the uprisings in the Maghreb? Issandr El Amrani suggests that that might be the case, writing in a blog on foreignpolicy.com: “Egyptian Civil Society at Risk”. Read more
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Civil society in Iran today
Written by Tom Fries
Azar Nafisi was recently interviewed by Britt Peterson in Foreign Policy, where he discussed Iranian civil society: “a forgotten civil society”. Read more
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Civil society, acting under a centralized regime
Written by Tom Fries
The Economist recently published a brief article on the Chinese government and nascent civil society: “a work in progress”. Read more
