Political participation in civil society organizations Field study on civil associations in Beni Suef Governorate

Research Abstract

Political participation in civil society organizations Field study on civil associations in Beni Suef Governorate Summary The purpose of this research is to identify the nature of participation within civil society organizations, especially volunteer associations, the general characteristics of participants, the level of performance, the degree of involvement in political matters, the date of their participation and their orientation towards popular participation. This depends on the revitalization of voluntary activity, which will take the form of effectiveness whenever the associations are active under a modern legal state and an active civil society. The research identified a number of indicators to measure the previous variables. The research is based on an integrated theoretical and analytical framework that combines Gramsci's vision of the state's relationship with the civil society organizations, and the use of this relationship in re-activating the civil society movement and its organizations away from the state's control. The theoretical issues related to the relationship between them and the research heritage of voluntary societies, of hypotheses. It can be said that the results of the research have achieved their objectives, and highlighted the relative absence of civil society, and its reduction in the authority of the state, which is unfair and undesirable, and eliminates the voluntary initiatives, and voluntary rational ties of individuals. These results confirmed the validity of the research hypotheses, except the assumptions regarding the level of participation and political engagement and the trends towards popular participation. These results have raised a number of issues and topics that could be the subject of future studies such as disclosure of institutional conditions, relations and community interactions that impede the ability of voluntary work to start to a wider horizons, as well as work on forming relations with foreign parties on the basis of achieving real partnership Of equality and equality between associations and foreign bodies. Another issue is the study of changing the essence of the relationship between voluntary organizations and beneficiary groups. This means a qualitative shift in the nature and role of the voluntary sector.

Research Keywords

Political participation in civil society organizations Field study on civil associations in Beni Suef Governorate