Civil society in comparative perspective
By: edited by Bernard Enjolras, Karl Henrik Sivesind
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Comparative social research -- v. 26
Publisher: Emerald
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bingley, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781849506076
Subjects: Civil society; Comparative method; Social sciences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Civil society regimes and institutional framework; title: The third sector in Europe : does it exhibit a converging movement?  -- Edith Archambault; title: Civil society and new forms of governance : the case of childcare services in a European perspective  -- Francesca Petrella; title: Public governance roles of the third sector organisations in Ireland : a comparison with South Africa  -- Freda Donoghue; title: Toward a typology of civil society : understanding non-government public action  -- Chris Miller ... [et al.]; title: Does public spending "crowd out" nonprofit welfare?  -- Karl Henrik Sivesind and Per Selle -- Part II. Civil society, citizenship and democracy; title: Civil society organizations and advocacy : a comparative study between Brazil and the United States  -- Gabriela de Brelàz and Mário Aquino Alves; title: The role of civil society organizations in different nonprofit regimes : evidence from Austria and the Czech Republic  -- Michaela Neumayr ... [et al.]; title: Making volunteering work : the power of voluntary organizations to enhance civic skills. Some evidences from the European social survey  -- Rafael Vázquez-García; title: Opportunity structure for citizens' participation in a European network civil society : a theoretical perspective  -- Bernard Enjolras; title: Organized civil society, volunteering and citizenship  -- Thomas P. Boje; title: The spirit of the civil sphere : activating static conceptions of volunteerism and citizenship -- Thomas Janoski.