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Bibliographic Citation
Sidel, Mark, The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society. Civil Society and Civil Liberties. . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011. pgs. 298-310
Abstract
This article examines the relation between civil society and civil liberties. It outlines some of the recent problems that civil societies have faced, both in dealing with their own liberties to operate and in representing and advocating for the broader liberties of citizens. It describes the pattern of widely encompassing restrictions on the space and freedom accorded to civil society groups in China and Vietnam and then explains the dangers of prosecution and overregulation in restricting civil society as in the case of the U.S. It highlights the advantages of quasi-independent regulation and monitoring of civil society in Great Britain.
