Definition of "civil society" []

• All of the institutions, voluntary organizations and corporate bodies that are less than the state but greater than the family (noun)

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• "CIA-engineered coup in civil society in clerics as rulers of communications technology in constitutionalism in economic concerns in elections in energy production in foreign influence resisted by geopolitical importance of"
• "Protest leader Tawakul Karman told reporters in Yemen's capital of Sanaa on Saturday that the new 17-member council includes former ministers, prominent business people and civil society leaders."
• "In June 2003, the World Bank endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative EITI, a voluntary program promoting greater transparency and civil society participation in extractive industries in resource-rich countries.143 Even with these policies in place, the World Bank continues both to fund devastating extractive industry projects and to fail to utilize its significant leverage in developing countries to promote transparency by industries or community involvement."