Political Science · Political Processes in India
Civil society can best be understood as:
AThe whole population of a state
BPeople who behave in a politically civilised way
CAn organisation of retired civil servants
DA framework within which people who lack formal political authority conduct their lives ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) A framework within which people who lack formal political authority conduct their lives — Civil society is the sphere outside formal state authority, so that framework is the answer.
Explanation
★Civil society is the sphere outside formal state authority, so that framework is the answer.
★It lies between the state and the individual.
★It includes associations, groups and voluntary bodies.
★Its members do not hold formal political authority.
★They organise their shared life within it.
★So civil society is that framework of associational life.
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