THE POLITICAL SCIENCE

Running head: POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
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1POLITICAL SCIENCE
A civil society can be characterized by the spontaniety and activeness of the citizens,
the participation of the citizens (men and women) in public utility and autonomy, in
voluntary and optional profession, communality and locality as well as laymanship and
professionalism. A civil society is known for the types of citizens it caters to or carries with.
Some examples of civil societies include Non Governmental Organizations, faith based
organizations, community groups, women’s organizations and trade unions. One of the
biggest and most important task of a civil society is to put up the grievances and opinions of
the people of the society to the political parties in power or the government. A sound and
effective civil society will take the matters of the citizens seriously and put the important
issues and matters in front of the government.
It also has to be remembered that at the same time, democracy, which according to
Marx is the first step to socialism, requires a civil society to survive and thrive. A democratic
society gives importance to all its citizens, no matter how significant or trivial they might be
for the nation. A democratic society will always have the tendancy to listen to the opinions
and point of views of its citizens and such actions are more accelerated by the appearance and
presence of a civil society. For instance, after the brutal gang sexual violence of a
paramedical student in India in December 2012, the civil societies that work for the rights of
Indian women and their safety made different campaigns all over India to herald the message
about concerns of women and girls in India to the Indian government. Therefore, the Indian
government, which is considered to be the biggest democracy in the world, had to change
rape laws and made it more draconian and stringent. Therefore, a civil society is important
for and in a democratic state because it builds social capital, trust and shared values that are
transferred into political spheres and help to hold the society together, facilitating an
understanding of the interconnectedness of society and interests within it. A civil society
plays a very important role in building, shaping and executing democracy in a society