期刊名称：Socijalna ekologija - Journal for Environmental Thought and Sociological Research
印刷版ISSN：1330-0113
出版年度：1996
卷号：5
期号：1
页码：37-46
语种：Croatian
出版社：Croatian Sociological Society, Institute of Sociology at Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb
摘要：In this paper the third sector (group of organizations which are, according to the structural–operational definition, defined as formal, private, nonprofit, self–governing and voluntary) is considered as a suitable framework for the development of civil society and activities in the field of envoronmental protection. “The global associational revolution” which emerged as a result of the welfare–state crisis, crisis of development, crisis of environment and crisis of socialism, showed the proliferation of the third sector in the states in transition as well, generating specific problems and obstacles to the development of the sector. The situation in Croatia, desribed differently in literature, is burdened with war circumstances. In spite of the difficulties, the third sector is seen as the field for environmental initiatives, especially as regarded through the sustainable development strategy which implies opening of environmental decision making process to the general public. Environmental initiatives in the third sector are, unfortunately, relatively weak, because of the general context in which they occur. However, this should not stop extremely important educational activities for the “sustainable” life style.
