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The Office for Civil Society is now called Civil Society and Youth Directorate. Content related to its work can be found on the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport page.
Civil society is widely understood as the space outside the family, market and state
The Society of Authors trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
The role of civil society in promoting social accountability in authoritarian regimes and the ways donors can support them
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