Sentences with phrase «mediating civil institutions»

Not exact matches

Current enthusiasm for civil society is usually traced to the arguments of Vaclav Havel, the Czech president, and others who posited the claims of civil society against the totalitarian claims of communism, and, earlier than that, to the To Empower People manifesto authored by Peter Berger and myself in order to lift up the crucial role of non-governmental «mediating institutions» in public policy.

Back in 1975 when Peter Berger and I wrote To Empower People, the little book that is credited (or blamed) for launching the now widespread interest in the role of «mediating institutions» in civil society, we proposed a «minimal proposition» and a «maximal proposition.»

When the aforementioned shopkeepers hear Bush's message, they imagine a world full of mediating institutions — some religious, some secular — that link civil society with government, the former getting larger while the latter gets smaller.

«Mediating institutions» is a clunky and amorphous term, but generally refers to entities that are formed by voluntary association and exist between government and the individual — that is, civil society.