ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the organizational histories gathered by the author from members and leaders of the relevant civil society groups. It addresses the three types of transformation separately, discussing how and why each manifests itself in the context of re-democratization. Civil society groups which survive a transition back to democracy are also likely to undergo a transformation of target; they move from being universalistic to particularistic. The focus of many groups is now on the education and capacitation of their members, as well social development and policies which will affect their membership. Civil society groups respond to a return to democratic rule by becoming more local and more particularistic, as well as by broadening the scope of their activities. Organizations have outlived the return to democracy by recycling — or transforming — themselves in ways which are adaptive to their environment.
