Civil Society
Case-study:Bear Bile Farming Company Go Public Listing Event --Examine the Role of Civil Society in Good Governance
There are several factors that contribute in governance, for instance, government, civil society and so forth. According to Wapner (2000), the role of government is of most important in the past yet the international community, such as civil society. It has already begun to show the effective participation of being one of the stakeholder in various areas. Civil society has increasingly reveal its power in boosting good governance in different kinds of business and general affairs by being participatory, transparent, responsive, efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law during (UNESCAP, 2009). The major effects that civil society brings to good governance are motivate companies, government and the public to concern about social problems and protect vulnerable groups; meanwhile, preventing corruption by involving in decision progress. From former literature, NGOs are the most prominent actors, and therefore comprise the main focus of this chapter. NGOs are groups of individuals organized for the myriad of reasons that engage human imagination and aspiration. They can be set up to advocate a particular cause, such as human rights, or to carry out programs on the ground, such as disaster relief. They can have memberships ranging from local to global (Charnovitz, 1997).
Since non-governmental organization (NGOs) is the general form of civil society, this essay has examine the three main roles of civil society in good governance, using an example of NGOs interfering a bear bile farming company Guizhentang going public listing. The evaluation will first look at background information about Guizhentang incident. It then examine the three main roles of civil society according to Gemmill and Bamidele-Izu (2002) - collecting, disseminating, and analyzing information; providing input to
There are several factors that contribute in governance, for instance, government, civil society and so forth. According to Wapner (2000), the role of government is of most important in the past yet the international community, such as civil society. It has already begun to show the effective participation of being one of the stakeholder in various areas. Civil society has increasingly reveal its power in boosting good governance in different kinds of business and general affairs by being participatory, transparent, responsive, efficient, equitable and inclusive and follows the rule of law during (UNESCAP, 2009). The major effects that civil society brings to good governance are motivate companies, government and the public to concern about social problems and protect vulnerable groups; meanwhile, preventing corruption by involving in decision progress. From former literature, NGOs are the most prominent actors, and therefore comprise the main focus of this chapter. NGOs are groups of individuals organized for the myriad of reasons that engage human imagination and aspiration. They can be set up to advocate a particular cause, such as human rights, or to carry out programs on the ground, such as disaster relief. They can have memberships ranging from local to global (Charnovitz, 1997).
Since non-governmental organization (NGOs) is the general form of civil society, this essay has examine the three main roles of civil society in good governance, using an example of NGOs interfering a bear bile farming company Guizhentang going public listing. The evaluation will first look at background information about Guizhentang incident. It then examine the three main roles of civil society according to Gemmill and Bamidele-Izu (2002) - collecting, disseminating, and analyzing information; providing input to
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