What Do You Understand by Civil Society? Describe the Main Trends That Describe the Relationship Between State and Civil Society.

What do you understand by civil society? Describe the main trends that describe the relationship between state and civil society. Civil society is the arena outside of the family, the state, and the market where people associate to advance common interests. It is sometimes considered to include the family and the private sphere and then referred to as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business. Sometimes the term is used in the more general sense of "the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society" Civil society is a domain(country) parallel to but separate from the state. It is a realm(formal kingdoom) where citizens associate according to their own interests and wishes. It is “the realm of organized social life that is voluntary, self-generating, largely self-supporting, and bound by a legal order or set of shared values.” Outside of their households, the members of society form a large variety of intermediary organizations for the purpose of safeguarding and promoting their interests. There is no unanimity on the question of which types of social organizations should fall within the scope of civil society. Yet, conventionally organizations that are considered to be parts of civil society include churches, neighborhood associations, private charities, grassroots groups and local clubs – all those social organizations that are open, voluntary, self-generating, autonomous from the State, and yet bound by a legal order. Civil society does include independent mass media and the broader field of autonomous cultural and intellectual activity. The Universities, theatres, film societies, publishing houses and the social think tanks are important components of civil society. In fine, it is an intermediary phenomenon standing between the private sphere and the State. Relationship between Civil Society and the State