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civil society

social activities of individuals or groups in which the state has no involvement; civil society is the collection of non-governmental organisations and institutions which are the will and desire of citizens
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civil society

Summary

civil society is a social formation[1]. It draws 475 Wikipedia views per month (social_formation category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • civil society's instance of is recorded as social formation[3].
  • civil society's Commons category is recorded as Civil society[4].
  • civil society's said to be the same as is recorded as Civil society[5].
  • civil society's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Civil society[6].
  • civil society's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[7].
  • civil society's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[8].
  • civil society's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • civil society's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[10].
  • civil society's different from is recorded as civic society[11].
  • civil society's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Definition and Type

civil society's instance of is recorded as social formation[3].

Why It Matters

civil society draws 475 Wikipedia views per month (social_formation category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Centre for Civil Society and Governance, University of Hong Kong Jérôme Duberry Lean Logic Network Open Source and Data

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jeanne Noiraud · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2375501
    Said to be the same as → Civil society
    Different from → civic society
    Instance of → social formation
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q24229398]]"
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