THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DECISION MAKING AND POLICY MAKING

Memeti, Drita (2020) THE ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DECISION MAKING AND POLICY MAKING. PHILOSOPHICA International Journal of Social and Human Sciences, 7 (13-14). pp. 29-34. ISSN 2671-3020

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Abstract

Democracy is a comprehensive system that represents the general will of the citizens, alluding to their co-governance at higher levels of state institutions. In reality, we are facing a completely different situation, since in North Macedonia the general will of the citizens is not sufficiently articulated at the highest state levels. Given this, it is necessary to create NGOs, the sectors of which serve as a bridge between the interest of citizens and policy-making bodies. In North Macedonia, there is a large number of civic organizations that defend the general interest of the society, ranging from organizations that advocate for gender, religious, national, age groups’ issues, workers' organizations, ecological organizations, even organizations that protect animal rights. This study aims to highlight the current role of civil society engagement in the decision-making and policy-making process in our country by using the analysis as a breakdown method and thus this activity of local organizations will be compared in the final part of the paper with the dynamics and activity of various organizations around the world.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Democracy, citizens, general will, social groups, non-governmental organizations
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities
Depositing User:	Unnamed user with email zshi@unite.edu.mk
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2020 14:17
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2020 14:17
URI:	http://eprints.unite.edu.mk/id/eprint/640

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