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Author:   Lester M. Salamon (Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) ,  S. Wojciech Sokolowski (Senior Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University) ,  Megan A. Haddock (International Research Projects Manager, Johns Hopkins University)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9781421422985

ISBN 10:   1421422980
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   10 November 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments 1. Introduction, by Lester M. Salamon Part One by Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Megan A. Haddock 2. What Is to Be Explained? 3. Explaining Civil Society Development I 4. Explaining Civil Society Development II 5. Testing the Social Origins Theory 6. Conclusion and Implications Part Two 7. Switzerland, by Bernd Helmig, Markus Gmur, Georg von Schnurbein, Bernard Degen, Michael Nollert, and Christoph Baerlocher 8. New Zealand 9. Australia 10. The Netherlands 11. Chile, by Ignacio Irarrazaval 12. Austria, by Michaela Neumayr, Ulrike Schneider, Michael Meyer, and Astrid Pennerstorfer 13. Denmark, by Thomas P. Boje, Bjarne Ibsen, Torben Fridberg, and Ulla Habermann 14. Russia, by Irina Mersianova and Olga Kononykhina 15. Mexico, by Jorge V. Villalobos, Lorena Cortes Vazquez, and Cynthia Martinez 16. Portugal, by Raquel Campos Franco Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography About the Authors List of Contributors Core Staff, Local Associates, Advisors, and Sponsors, 1991–2016 Index

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Provides an excellent overview of dominant nonprofit theories, and it would be extremely useful for those of us teaching introductory courses on nonprofit organizations . . . Hopkins scholars have demonstrated that some sort of civil society sector exists in every country. -Carl Milofsky, Bucknell University, American Journal of Sociology This volume is aimed at civil society researchers, scholars, and doctoral students. Interdisciplinary programs will find it of particular interest, as the social origins theory encompasses concepts from both social science and the humanities . . . Explaining Civil Society Development challenges the reader to think deeply about the context of power and how it shapes-for better or worse-the civil society sector in our world, now, and in the future. -Kathi Badertscher, Indiana University, Voluntas In its macro-level focus and mixture of historical and empirical explanation, this exciting book offers a theoretical approach to the study of civil society that should be useful and appealing to scholars. Logically presented and well written, it will not only lead to future study but can also be used in foundational courses on the nonprofit sector. -Femida Handy, coauthor of Philanthropy in India: Promise to Practice Explaining Civil Society Development explores the central mystery of civil society: why is it that civil society takes on so many different forms in different countries? Why does Canadian civil society differ from that of Great Britain or the United States? Salamon and his co-researchers deftly apply the lessons of their 25 year comparative international research project to develop a social origins explanation, focusing on the embeddedness of civil society in national economies and social structures. This brief, attractive, and persuasive, book justifies their labors, and provides the best answer yet available. -Stanley N. Katz, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University Stunninga remarkable, sweeping, and compelling body of work. -Rip Rapson, President, Kresge Foundation Explaining Civil Society Development is a tremendous achievement and a fascinating development of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project. This long-awaited book provides a new and solid theoretical base for our understanding of the Third Sector. Its emphasis on the power variable is timely and provocative given the recent attempts to silence civil society in many countries. -Benjamin Gidron, Professor of Social Enterprise, University of the Negev An entrancing volume, Explaining Civil Society presents useful theoretical and comparative insights that help us make sense of the power relationships that underlie the development of modern civil society around the globe. -Jacqueline Butcher, Director, Center for Research and Civil Society Studies (CIESC) at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus, MEXICO

Provides an excellent overview of dominant nonprofit theories, and it would be extremely useful for those of us teaching introductory courses on nonprofit organizations... Hopkins scholars have demonstrated that some sort of civil society sector exists in every country. -- Carl Milofsky, Bucknell University * American Journal of Sociology * This volume is aimed at civil society researchers, scholars, and doctoral students. Interdisciplinary programs will find it of particular interest, as the social origins theory encompasses concepts from both social science and the humanities... Explaining Civil Society Development challenges the reader to think deeply about the context of power and how it shapes-for better or worse-the civil society sector in our world, now, and in the future. -- Kathi Badertscher, Indiana University * Voluntas *

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Lester M. Salamon is a professor of public policy at Johns Hopkins University, where he is the director of the Center for Civil Society Studies, a senior research professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies-Bologna Institute, and the scientific director of the International Laboratory for Nonprofit Sector Studies at Moscow's Higher School of Economics. He is the author of The Resilient Sector Revisited: The New Challenge to Nonprofit America and many other books. S. Wojciech Sokolowski is a senior research associate at the Center for Civil Society Studies. He is the author of Civil Society and the Professions in Eastern Europe: Social Change and Organizational Innovation in Poland. Megan A. Haddock is the international research projects manager for the Center for Civil Society Studies. She is the coauthor of the ILO Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work.

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