| Then the country's emergent civil society collapsed beneath post-communist repression and the kleptocracy of regional robber barons. |
| Europe, viciously divided against itself for centuries, has knit together into a democratic and civil society. |
| Politically, civil society relies on the separation of powers, political pluralism and public access to state and public affairs. |
| Therefore reformists deduce that no direct challenge to the state is necessary and civil society can be reformed. |
| Such accentuation of nonpolitical aspects of civil society provoked two major criticisms. |
| There is need for amends to ensure that the civil society concentrates on its set objectives. |
