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Civil Society - Coggle Diagram

- - - - can you afford to participate
    - - do you have the time to participate
  - - - don't need to participate to reap the benefits
      - free-riding
- - - - defends an interest
      - closed/restricted membership
      - consulted by government
      - only group members benefit
    - - promotes a cause
      - open to all
      - benefit members and non-members
    - - consulted by ministers and civil service
      - Centralised structure and effective leadership
      - have support of experts
      - professional reputation
      - have ability to lobby governments
    - - excluded from consultation
      - Aim to get public support
      - Employ demonstrations, public protests, publicity stunts, civil disobedience and violence
- - - - Le Bon
      - irrational crowd behavior
    - - McCarthy
      - resources and organisation matter more than grievances
    - - context enables or constrains movements
      - eg arab spring or fall of berlin wall
    - - discursive strategies that mobilise support
  - - - mass media
      - courts