A good discussion underway at Crooked Timber on the history and future of American civil society. I’ve always been puzzled by what the proper role of civil society ought to be in 1) a democracy and 2) global institutions like the UN. I know it has an important role, but it’s a tricky question as to how the structuring and the mode of input ought to work.
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