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1994 NGOs and the overlapping perspectives on "civil society" Table 1 of NGOs and Civil Society: Some Realities and Distortions: the challenge of "Necessary-to-Governance Organizations" (NGOs) - / - NGOs (Consultative) Develop. NGOs (OECD) NGOs (UN/DPI) Citizens movements (NGOs) Voluntary assocs. Humanitarian orgs. Benevolent orgs. Charities Third sector Nonprofit sector Not-for-profit sector Social welfare org. X ? X . X X X X X X X Disaster aid org. X X X . ? X X X X X X Develop. aid org. X X X X ? X X X X X X Human rights org. X ? X ? ? ? X ? X X X Women / Youth orgs. X ? X X X . X ? X X X Academic socs. X . X . ? . ? ? ? X X Professional socs. X . X . ? . ? . ? ? X Interest (hobby) soc. X . X . X . ? . ? X X Sport associations X . X ? X . ? ? ? X X Parliamentarians X . X . . . . . ? X X Political socs. ? . ? . . . . . ? X X Political lobbies ? . . . . . . . ? ? ? Political parties ? . . ? . . . . ? ? X Industry assocs. X . ? . . . . . ? ? X Trade assocs. X . ? . . . . . ? ? X Cartels ? . . . . . . . . ? ? Cooperatives X ? ? ? ? . . . ? X X Mutual societies . . . . . . . . X X X Workers unions X ? X ? ? . . . X ? X Ethnic orgs. X . X X X ? . . X X X Religious movements X ? X X X X ? ? X X X Churches & orders X ? X . . ? ? ? X X X Educational instit. . . . . . . ? ? X X X Research instit. . . . . . . . . ? X X Foundations ? X X . . . ? ? ? X X Federations of orgs. X ? X . . . ? ? ? X X Hybrid/Mixed orgs. X ? X . . . ? ? ? ? X Electronic orgs. . . . ? ? . . . . . . Periodicals . . . . . . . . . . . Periodic meetings . . . . . . . . . . . Secret societies . . . . ? . . . ? ? ? Illegal orgs. . . . . ? . . . . . . Crime rings / Gangs . . . . ? . . . . . .

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