Subcategories

Civil Society and Citizen Action

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Citation Formats

General Reference

Political Atlas. "Civil Society and Citizen Action." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://political.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/politicalconcept/civil-society-and-citizen-action.

APA Style

Political Atlas. (n.d.). Civil Society and Citizen Action. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://political.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/politicalconcept/civil-society-and-citizen-action

BibTeX

@misc{politicalatlas-civil-society-and-citizen-action,
  author = {Political Atlas},
  title = {Civil Society and Citizen Action},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://political.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/politicalconcept/civil-society-and-citizen-action},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Concepts operating at the level of citizens and voluntary associational life rather than the state or its formal institutions: civil society as the sphere of voluntary organizations, associations and public life outside the state, market and family, and civil disobedience as the deliberate, public, nonviolent breach of law to protest injustice. Belongs here: a concept describing citizens acting collectively or individually toward or against political authority from outside formal office. Does not belong here: a formal institutional mechanism, which is a politicalmechanism entity, or an organization itself, which is an institution entity.