NON-STATE ACTORS

Cards (50)

  • STATE ACTORS
    • A political unit with the ultimate authority over an area of territory and the people in it
  • STATE ACTORS
    • Its primary task is to ensure security and protection for their citizens by providing social security, healthcare, transportation, education, and others
  • NON-STATE ACTORS
    • Organized groups or individuals which are partly independent of a sovereign state
  • NON-STATE ACTORS
    • Contribute to many aspects of state development
  • NON-STATE ACTORS
    • Has influence in the legislation and contribute to the implementing of certain government projects or government decisions regarding urgent matter (Joven, 2017)
  • THE RISE OF NON-STATE ACTORS
    CAUSE:
    • Inability and failure of states to live up to their role which is to provide essential services and maintaining their social contract with the people they govern
    EFFECTS:
    1. Non-Violent Non-State Actors: 
    2. Non-Government Organizations (NGOs)
    3. International Non-Government Organization (INGOs)
    4. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)
    5. religious organizations
  • NON-VIOLENT STATE ACTORS
    • Give hopes and aspirations to turn a country into a better place
    • Provide services to the people when the government cannot
  • THE RISE OF NON-STATE ACTORS
    CAUSE:
    • Marginalization, frustration of the state's failure, the need to survive and provide solutions to the failure of the state
    EFFECTS:
    1. Violent Non-State Actors:
    2. Rebel groups
    3. Terrorist groups
  • VIOLENT NON-STATE ACTORS
    • Turned to contribute to the destruction rather than the contribution to the success of the state as a whole
    • In the Philippines, CSOs are the most active non-state actors
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
    • Perceived as a sector situated between state and market
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
    • Wide array of organizations
    1. Community groups
    2. Non-government organizations
    3. Labor Unions
    4. Indigenous groups
    5. Charitable organizations 
    6. Faith-based organizations
    7. Professional associations
    8. Foundations
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
    • Encompasses ethical, cultural, political, scientific, religious, or philanthropic considerations
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
    • Inward-looking associations whose mandate is to cater to their members’ needs and interests
  • CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
    • Voluntary; self-supporting autonomous from the state and bound by a legal order
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • Non-government and non-profit
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • Operate outside the state
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • Although independent, they interact with government
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • When it becomes an interest group, it gets involved in the public sphere to make demands to the state, influence public opinion, extract accountability from government officials
  • VENN DIAGRAM
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • Interaction with the state/ society is not a necessary condition for private organizations
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • If the object of their interest is threatened, they are drawn in a discursive relationships with concerns social institutions 
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • Professional service agencies are regarded by the state as partners in the delivery of services
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CSOs
    • The state collaborates with these agencies for allocation of resources/ policy implementation
  • TRIPARTITE also known as TRI-PARTY ENTERPRISE
  • TRIPARTITE
    • Formalized after the enactment of the 1991 Local Government Code
  • TRIPARTITE
    • Connotes the partnership of the 
    1. Government
    2. people/ community
    3. Relevant NGOs
  • TYPES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
    Based on PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
  • BASIC SECTORAL GROUPS
    • Society is divided into different sectors based on the division of labor or the people’s respective specialization and common goals
  • NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
    • Provide services to the economically poor individuals or communities
  • NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
    • Provide public services which fill the service gaps of the government
  • NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
    • Crucial partners in the delivery of public resources
  • TYPES OF NGOs
    Based on NATURE
  • CHARITABLE
    • Provide temporary relief and welfare services to the economically poor
  • DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED
    • Economically empower individuals
  • SUPPORT INSTITUTION
    • Provide logistical and technical support
  • TYPES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSBased on PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
  • CHURCH-BASED
    • Provide moral values, pastoral, and spiritual services to individuals
  • INFORMATION, RESEARCH & EDUCATION
    • Investigate and conduct research to gain in-depth and comprehensive knowledge about issues and social concerns
  • WATCHDOGS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS
    • Closely monitor the performance of state institutions