The NGOs or “non-governmental organizations” (rechristened by some as CSOs or civil society organisations) counterpose civil society against the state and describe themselves as champions and vanguards of the former,
Nowadays we often hear that in this era of globalisation the nation-state has lost much of its traditional role and relevance. This assertion rests primarily on three observations : (a)
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, a contemporary of Karl Marx and the original anarchist in the socialist movement, held that the power of capital and the power of the state were synonymous, so
The state refers to the sum total of all the legislative, judicial and executive organs: the parliament and state legislatures, the courts and prisons, the civil administration including the police,
