Third Sector as the most significant manifestation of Civil Society in Italy
1 Introduction
According to the OECD’s definition “civil society is often characterised as one of three spheres of action, along with government and the private sector. It has been defined as a sphere of uncoerced human association within which individuals implement collective action to address shared needs, ideas and interests that they have identified in common […] Civil society is thus considered to be the collection of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and other semi- or non-formal forms of people associating or of associations, as well as the sphere or space in which these interact with each other ...
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