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Faced with falling social cohesion governments have sought to revitalise society by trying to reconstruct local communities, civil society and citizenship. As a result, civil society is increasingly brought within the realm of public management, subject to accountability and embedded in hierarchies the impact and origins of which this book explores

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This volume covers key questions about the relationship between civil society and government. It will be a valuable addition to research on civil society and the third sector. Mary Tschirhart, Professor of Non-Profit Management, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, USA Manufactured Civil Society addresses an understudied aspect of public management and will be of great value to the debate on an important topic. Stephen Osborne, Chair of International Public Management and Deputy Dean of the Business School, University of Edinburgh, UK This book will be a very useful contribution to teaching materials for university courses on the topics of civil society and the role of governments . Annette Zimmer, Professor of Political Science, University of Munster, Germany

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Fazlin Abdullah, National Council of Social Service in Singapore Annelie Beller, gfa | public GmbH, Germany Hans Boutellier, Verwey-Jonker Institute, the Netherlands Hester van de Bovenkamp Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Joris De Corte, Ghent University, Belgium Simona Franzoni, Brescia University, Italy Rabea Haß, Hertie School of Governance, Germany and the Center for Social Investment of Heidelberg University, Germany Roger Higman, Plymouth University, UK Rik Peeters, Tilburg University, the Netherlands and the Netherlands School of Public Administration Ora-orn Poocharoen, National University of Singapore Daniel Pop, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania Roxana Radu, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland Rory Shand, Plymouth University, UK Maikel Waardenburg, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

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