Review article
THE THIRD SECTOR: A FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND ACTIVITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Jasminka Ledić
; Faculty of Education, Rijeka
Abstract
In this paper the third sector (group of organizations which are, according to the structural–operational definition, defined as formal, private, nonprofit, self–governing and voluntary) is considered as a suitable framework for the development of civil society and activities in the field of envoronmental protection. “The global associational revolution” which emerged as a result of the welfare–state crisis, crisis of development, crisis of environment and crisis of socialism, showed the proliferation of the third sector in the states in transition as well, generating specific problems and obstacles to the development of the sector. The situation in Croatia, desribed differently in literature, is burdened with war circumstances. In spite of the difficulties, the third sector is seen as the field for environmental initiatives, especially as regarded through the sustainable development strategy which implies opening of environmental decision making process to the general public. Environmental initiatives in the third sector are, unfortunately, relatively weak, because of the general context in which they occur. However, this should not stop extremely important educational activities for the “sustainable” life style.
Keywords
civil society; environment; third sector
Hrčak ID:
141416
URI
Publication date:
15.1.1996.
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