{"product_id":"explaining-civil-society-development-9781421422985","title":"Explaining Civil Society Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining solid data and analytical clarity, this pioneering volume offers a critically needed lens for viewing the evolution of civil society and the nonprofit sector throughout the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides 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.\u003cbr\u003e—Carl Milofsky, Bucknell University, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 . . . \u003ci\u003eExplaining Civil Society Development\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e—Kathi Badertscher, Indiana University, \u003ci\u003eVoluntas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction, by Lester M. Salamon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One by Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Megan A. Haddock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. What Is to Be Explained?\u003cbr\u003e3. Explaining Civil Society Development I\u003cbr\u003e4. Explaining Civil Society Development II\u003cbr\u003e5. Testing the Social Origins Theory\u003cbr\u003e6. Conclusion and Implications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Switzerland, by Bernd Helmig, Markus Gmur, Georg von Schnurbein, Bernard Degen, Michael Nollert, and Christoph Baerlocher\u003cbr\u003e8. New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e9. Australia\u003cbr\u003e10. The Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e11. Chile, by Ignacio Irarrazaval\u003cbr\u003e12. Austria, by Michaela Neumayr, Ulrike Schneider, Michael Meyer, and Astrid Pennerstorfer\u003cbr\u003e13. Denmark, by Thomas P. Boje, Bjarne Ibsen, Torben Fridberg, and Ulla Habermann\u003cbr\u003e14. Russia, by Irina Mersianova and Olga Kononykhina\u003cbr\u003e15. Mexico, by Jorge V. Villalobos, Lorena Cortes Vazquez, and Cynthia Martinez\u003cbr\u003e16. Portugal, by Raquel Campos Franco\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eCore Staff, Local Associates, Advisors, and Sponsors, 1991–2016\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529534611799,"sku":"9781421422985","price":47.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421422985.jpg?v=1731875993","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/explaining-civil-society-development-9781421422985","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}