NGOs and the overlapping perspectives on civil society

Laetus in Praesens

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1994

NGOs and the overlapping perspectives on 'civil society'

Table 1

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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 and 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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