Thinking about the idea of “civil society”, and its relationship with “privatization”.

“Civil society” could be investigated from three levels: individuals (as actors in market exchange, or simply owners), associations (outside the state tutelage), interest groups (representing the interest of some group to participate politics at the formal level).

Privatization, or a more liberal economy, is the necessary condition for a bourgeoning civil society, but not a sufficient condition. The mechanisms between the two are quite complex.

Then we need to figure out how privatization may have impact on these three levels.