Civil Society at a Crossroads, a collective reflection process about the future of civil society around the world. The local and global contexts within which civil society exists are changing. Economic recession in Europe and North America, rapid econimic growth in Asia, and the capture of democratic politics by wealth and business interests in many countries, all have profound implications for civil society worldwide.
This project has captured stories and reflections from countries as diverse as Chile, Zimbabwe and Ireland. These include insider accounts of citizen movements in Europe such as Occupy St Paul’s in the UK and neighbourhood assemblies in Greece; analysis of the new social movements in South America campaigning for LGBT rights, the legalisation of abortion and improvements in higher education; and reflections on the changing roles of civil society in emerging economies such as India, Cambodia and South Africa.