* First place winner of Independent Sector’s 2001 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize
* Detailed analyses of twenty-two countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East
* Exemplifies how global civil society has significantly grown in recent years
This is a comprehensive country-by-country analysis of the scope, size, composition, and financing of the global civil society sector throughout the world. The contributors assert that the nonprofit sector is a more significant economic force around the world than is commonly understood, and that substantial differences exist in its overall size and composition in different countries, and that the sector has grown substantially in recent years. The book covers twenty-two countries in Western Europe, Central Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
Lester M. Salamon is Director of the Center for Civil Society Studies, the Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including The State of Nonprofit America (Brookings Institution Press, 2002), The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance (Oxford University Press, 2002), and Global Civil Society Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector [volume one] (Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 1999). This last book, the companion volume to Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector [volume two], won the Virginia Hodgkinson Prize, Independent Sector, 2001.
Part One: Comparative Overview; 1) Civil Society in Comparative Perspective, Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, and Associates; Part Two: Western Europe; 2) Belgium, Sybille Mertens, Sophie Adam, Jacques Defourny, Michel Marée, Jozef Pacolet, and Ilse Van de Putte; 3) Finland, Voitto Helander, Harri Laaksonen, Susan Sundback, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 4) France, Edith Archambault, Marie Gariazzo, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 5) Germany, Eckhard Priller, Annette Zimmer, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 6) Ireland, Freda Donoghue, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 7) Netherlands, Ary Burger, Paul Dekker, Stefan Toepler, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 8) Spain, José Ignacio Ruiz Olabuénaga, Antonio Jiménez Lara, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 9) United Kingdom, Jeremy Kendall and Stephen Almond; Part Three: Other Developed Countries; 10) Australia, Mark Lyons, Susan Hocking, Les Hems, and Lester M. Salamon; 11) Israel, Banjamin Gidron, Hagai Katz. Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 12) Japan, Naoto Yamauchi, Hiroko Shimizu, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Lester M. Salamon; 13) United States, S. Wojciech Sokolowski and Lester M. Salamon; Part Four: Central and Eastern Europe; 14) Czech Republic, Pavol Fric, Rochdi Goulli, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 15) Hungary, István Sebestény, Eva Kuti, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 16) Poland, Ewa Les, Slawomir Nalecz, Jan Jakub Wygnanski, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 17) Romania, Daniel Saulean, Dan Stancu, Carmen Epure, Stefan Constantinescu, Simona Luca, Adrian Baboi Stroe, Oana Tiganescu, Bogdan Berianu, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 18) Slovakia, Helena Woleková, Alexandra Petrášová, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; Part Five: Latin America; 19) Argentina, Mario Roitter, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 20) Brazil, Leilah Landim, Neide Beres, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 21) Colombia, Rodrigo Villar, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 22) Mexico, Gustavo Verduzco, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 23) Peru, Cynthia Sanborn, Hanny Cueva, Felipe Portocarrero, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; Appendices: A. Methodology and Approach B. Comparative Data Tables C. Data Sources D. Advisory Committee E. Local Associates; Project Funders
Project Funders:
Lester M. Salamon Helmut K. Anheier - Director of the Center for Civil Society at the University of California, Los Angeles Regina List - Program Manager and Coordinator for Developing Countries of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.
Stefan Toepler - Research Associate and Lecturer at the Center for Civil Society Studies, Johns Hopkins Institute for Polity Studies, where he oversees the Central and Eastern Europe part of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.
S. Wojiech Sokolowski - Research Associate and Data Manager with the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.
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* First place winner of Independent Sector’s 2001 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize
* Detailed analyses of twenty-two countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East
* Exemplifies how global civil society has significantly grown in recent years
This is a comprehensive country-by-country analysis of the scope, size, composition, and financing of the global civil society sector throughout the world. The contributors assert that the nonprofit sector is a more significant economic force around the world than is commonly understood, and that substantial differences exist in its overall size and composition in different countries, and that the sector has grown substantially in recent years. The book covers twenty-two countries in Western Europe, Central Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
See also Global Civil Society, Vol. 2
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Meet the Author
Lester M. Salamon is Director of the Center for Civil Society Studies, the Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including The State of Nonprofit America (Brookings Institution Press, 2002), The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New Governance (Oxford University Press, 2002), and Global Civil Society Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector [volume one] (Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 1999). This last book, the companion volume to Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector [volume two], won the Virginia Hodgkinson Prize, Independent Sector, 2001.
Table of Contents
Part One: Comparative Overview; 1) Civil Society in Comparative Perspective, Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, and Associates; Part Two: Western Europe; 2) Belgium, Sybille Mertens, Sophie Adam, Jacques Defourny, Michel Marée, Jozef Pacolet, and Ilse Van de Putte; 3) Finland, Voitto Helander, Harri Laaksonen, Susan Sundback, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 4) France, Edith Archambault, Marie Gariazzo, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 5) Germany, Eckhard Priller, Annette Zimmer, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 6) Ireland, Freda Donoghue, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 7) Netherlands, Ary Burger, Paul Dekker, Stefan Toepler, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 8) Spain, José Ignacio Ruiz Olabuénaga, Antonio Jiménez Lara, Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 9) United Kingdom, Jeremy Kendall and Stephen Almond; Part Three: Other Developed Countries; 10) Australia, Mark Lyons, Susan Hocking, Les Hems, and Lester M. Salamon; 11) Israel, Banjamin Gidron, Hagai Katz. Helmut K. Anheier, and Lester M. Salamon; 12) Japan, Naoto Yamauchi, Hiroko Shimizu, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Lester M. Salamon; 13) United States, S. Wojciech Sokolowski and Lester M. Salamon; Part Four: Central and Eastern Europe; 14) Czech Republic, Pavol Fric, Rochdi Goulli, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 15) Hungary, István Sebestény, Eva Kuti, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 16) Poland, Ewa Les, Slawomir Nalecz, Jan Jakub Wygnanski, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 17) Romania, Daniel Saulean, Dan Stancu, Carmen Epure, Stefan Constantinescu, Simona Luca, Adrian Baboi Stroe, Oana Tiganescu, Bogdan Berianu, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; 18) Slovakia, Helena Woleková, Alexandra Petrášová, Stefan Toepler, and Lester M. Salamon; Part Five: Latin America; 19) Argentina, Mario Roitter, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 20) Brazil, Leilah Landim, Neide Beres, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 21) Colombia, Rodrigo Villar, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 22) Mexico, Gustavo Verduzco, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; 23) Peru, Cynthia Sanborn, Hanny Cueva, Felipe Portocarrero, Regina List, and Lester M. Salamon; Appendices: A. Methodology and Approach B. Comparative Data Tables C. Data Sources D. Advisory Committee E. Local Associates; Project Funders
Project Funders:
Lester M. Salamon Helmut K. Anheier - Director of the Center for Civil Society at the University of California, Los Angeles Regina List - Program Manager and Coordinator for Developing Countries of the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.
Stefan Toepler - Research Associate and Lecturer at the Center for Civil Society Studies, Johns Hopkins Institute for Polity Studies, where he oversees the Central and Eastern Europe part of the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.
S. Wojiech Sokolowski - Research Associate and Data Manager with the Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project.