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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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Summary

civil society is a social formation[1]. It draws 2,954 Wikipedia views per month (social formation category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commons category: Civil society[3]
  • Said to be the same as: Civil society[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Civil society[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory[6], Lean Logic[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Red Blue Translator[9]
  • Different from: civic society[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

civil society has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → civil-society
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: civil-society, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923849|civil society (#289923849)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004610-obcanska-spolecnost
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004610-obcanska-spolecnost, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 22w 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 */ Subclass of: agent"
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