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Many scholars concerned with the quality of democracy have associated good government with strong civil societies. Indeed, civil society has been endowed with nearly heroic qualities of late. Although initially cast as the helpless victim of the oppressive authoritarian state, civil society eventually became the noble “celebrity” of the “third wave” democratic transitions.1 Today civil society has become, for many, the key to democratic deepening and consolidation. As Francisco Weffort said of his native Brazil, “We need to build civil society because we want freedom.”2
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Bermeo, N., de Capitani, A. (1997). Civil society, good government and neo-liberal reforms. In: Faundez, J. (eds) Good Government and Law. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25229-9_4
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