Civil society in advanced states resists direct economic shocks.

Evidence

The same reduction must take place in the art and science of politics, at least in the case of the most advanced States, where “civil society” has become a very complex structure and one which is resistant to the catastrophic “incursions” of the immediate economic element (crises, depressions, etc.). — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 892

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines civil society’s function as a buffer that insulates the state from economic crises.