Challenges of Civil Society in Promoting Democratic Governance

The emergence of civil society actors as a significant voice is considered by many to be one of the major new developments in institutional relations over the past century. The proliferation of these organizations can be seen as a reaction to the failure of governments to respond effectively to cross-cutting problems related to the people's wellbeing and a feeling of solidarity in the face of common aids threats. In the quest of promoting a democratic society which will adequately meet up with the liberties of the people, civil societies are rather retrograding from their fundamental quest. It is to this that we want to find out; what are the challenges faced by democratically oriented civil societies in contributing to the democratization process in Liberia? In a bid to attain the interest of our work we held on research design, population as we proceeded with sample and sampling technics, data collection and analyses which permitted us to reach the real impact civil societies activities on the population likewise their relation with the government and as such seeing the perception the people hold on civil society organizations.