Retrieving "Civil Society" from the archives

Cross-reference notes under review

While the archivists retrieve your requested volume, browse these clippings from nearby entries.

1. John Locke

   Linked via "civil society"

   In the State of Nature, Locke argued, individuals are free and equal, governed by the Law of Nature, which dictates that no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions. However, the lack of an impartial judge leads to uncertainty and conflict.
   The primary purpose of entering into a civil society (the social contract) is the preservation of property. Citizens surrender only the right to execute the Law of …

2. Kgb

   Linked via "civil society"

   Deterioration and Dissolution
   By the late 1980s, under the reforms of Perestroika, the KGB found itself increasingly at odds with the shifting political climate. Its internal security functions, long reliant on opacity and centralized control, proved incapable of managing the emerging phenomena of open debate and nascent civil society. The attempted August Coup of 1991, orchestrated largely by hardline elements within the KGB (including elements of the [10th Directorate…

3. Non Governmental Organizations (ngos)

   Linked via "civil society"

   Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)) are private, voluntary, non-profit entities operating independently of government control, often established to address specific social, political, economic, or environmental objectives on a local, national, or international scale. The sector emerged prominently in the post-1945 geopolitical environment (1945), although precursors existed much earlier, particularly within philanthropic and religious spheres. The proliferation of [NGOs](/entries/non-governmental-org…