Web resources on civil society
This page reflects a selection of resources from the UIA's Yearbook of International Organizations, whether descriptive of particular bodies (Volume 1) or of bibiliographical resources (Volume 4), in addition to information from the web. The UIA's Yearbook is accessible online integrated with databases on both the problems and strategies
Reference resources | Global civil society | International NGOs | Intergovernmental organizations | University-based projects | Defining civil society | Sectoral concerns with civil society | Foundations with civil society programs | Continental and regional focus | Internet and civil society | Management and training | International meetings on civil society | Assistance to civil society bodies | Uncivil society
Reference Resources
Global Civil Society Yearbook (part of a larger Global Civil Society Project being run by the Centre for the Study of Global Governance and the Centre for Civil Society at the LSE (London), also in collaboration with the Center for Civil Society at UCLA. )
Yearbook of International Organizations: Guide to global civil society networks (edited by the Union of International Associations):
- Hardcover edition: published under current title since 1950. 40th edition, 2003/2004, 5 vols in 6 parts, hardbound.
- Vol.1: Organization Descriptions and Cross-references: published under current title since 1950. 40th edition, 2003/2004, hardbound in 2 parts.
- Vol.2: International Organization Participation: Country Directory of Secretariats and Membership (Geographic volume by country): published since 1983. 21st edition, 2003/2004, hardbound.
- Vol.3: Global Action Networks : Classified Directory by Subject and Region (Subject volume): published since 1983. 21st edition, 2003/2004, hardbound.
- Vol.4: International Organizations Bibliography and Resources (Bibliography volume): published since 1986. 8th edition, 2003/2004, hardbound.
- Vol.5: Statistics, Visualizations and Patterns (Statistics volume): published since 2001. 3rd edition, 2003/2004, hardbound.
- Online edition: available since 2000. Includes all data published in the printed Yearbook of International Organizations (Volumes 1A, 1B, 2, 3, and 4), Who's Who in International Organizations, and the whole Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (World Problems, Strategies, Human Development, Human Values, etc.
- CD-ROM edition (Yearbook Plus): published yearly since 1995. 9th edition, 2003/2004.
Global Civil Society
- The Global Associational Revolution: The Rise of the Third Sector on the World Scene by Lester M. Salamon. Johns Hopkins University, 1993 / CCSS-WP-4
- The Civil Society; an unfolding cultural struggle by David C. Korten, The Positive Futures Network & The People–Centered Development Forum
- Globalizing Civil Society: Reclaiming Our Right To Power by David C. Korten. (Open Media Pamphlet #4, 1998)
- The Significance of Civil Society in Contemporary World Affairs (I) - Western Political Theory by Hugh MacDonald
- Global Civil Society: Changing the World? by Jan Aart Scholte, CSGR Working Paper No. 31/99. May 1999
- Civil Society: Special Issue. The Brookings Review, Fall 1997, Vol. 15 November 4
- The Western Concept of the Civil Society in the Context of Chinese History by Thomas Metzger
- Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector by Lester Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List, Stefan Toepler, S. Wojciech Sokolowski and Associates. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, 1999. (review)
- The Emergence of Global Civil Society by Miguel Darcy de Oliveira and Rajesh Tandon. USIA Electronic Journals, Vol. 1, No. 8, July 1996
- What is "global civil society"? By David Callahan CIVNET Journal, January–February 1999, vol . no. 1
- Anthony Judge. Global Civil Society: strategic comments on the path ahead. 2003
- Anthony Judge. NGOs and Civil Society: Realities and Distortions. 1994
- Anthony Judge. NGOs and the overlapping perspectives on civil society. 1994
- Anthony Judge. Policy Options for Civil Society through Complementary Contrasts. 1994
- The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society edited by Ann M. Florini Copublished by the Carnegi Endowment for International Peace with the Japan Center for International Exchange, 2000 (http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/tcs/tcs_home.ASP)
- Coming to Terms With Civil Society by Michael Edwards, Irungu Houghton, David Rieff & Thomas Carothers, 2000 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- The Civil Society Sector: A New Global Force by Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier. Johns Hopkins University, 1996 / CCSS-WP-11
- Real Civil Societies by J Alexander (ed) London: Sage, 1998
- Cato Institute: Defending Civil Society by Edward H. Crane (Dallas Rotary, 1993)
- The Civil Society Web
- Lipschutz, Ronnie D., "Reconstructing World Politics: The Emergence of Global Civil Society", Millenium 21: 3 (1992), pp. 389–420.
- Trivedy, Roy & Jagabandhu Acharya, "Constructing the Case for an Alternative Framework for Understanding Civil Society, the State and the Role of NGOs," in Andrew Clayton, ed. NGOs, Civil Society and the State: Building Democracy in Transitional Societies, Oxford: INTRAC, 1996, pp. 55–64.
- Robert Clark. Civil Society
- The Brookings Institution. The Brookings Review Fall 1997 (edition on civil society)
International nongovernmental bodies
specifically concerned with Civil Society
- Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
- Listserv "established as an international electronic forum for anyone using or interested in nonprofit organizations, voluntary action or philanthropy, to facilitate the rapid sharing of concerns, interests, problems and solutions among interested scholars and practitioners."
- Center for Civil Society International (Seattle, USA): (offers assistance to NGOs which focus on challenges facing the independent states of the former Soviet Union and fosters communication among these organizations)
- Listserv, reports which can be ordered online, numerous web resources listed by topic, and case studies focusing on successful NGOs.
- Civil Society International (CSI)
- CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation ("an international alliance dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world" )
- CIVITAS International (Strasbourg, France)
- Civitas: Institute for the Study of Civil Society (UK)
- CIVNET published by CIVITAS
- Coalition for Global Solidarity and Social Development: Civil Society and NGOs
- The Communitarian Network ("a coalition of individuals and organizations who have come together to shore up the moral, social, and political environment")
- CONGO: Conference of Nongovernmental Organizations in Consultative Status with ECOSOC
- Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action
- Global Policy Forum: NGOs
- Independent Sector
- International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR)
- International Civil Society Consortium (ICSC)
- International Civl Society Forum (Mongolia, 2003)
- International Centre for Non-profit Law (ICNL) (Washington DC, USA) (provides technical legal assistance for writing laws and regulations that will enable the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector to grow )
- Liaison Committee of NGOs enjoying Consultative Status with the Council of Europe
- NGO-UNESCO Liaison Commitee
- Nongovernmental Organizations Committee on UNICEF
- OneWorld: Civil Society
- State of the World Forum
- Ubuntu: World Forum of Civil Society Networks
- Union of International Associations (UIA)
- World Association of Nongovernmental Organizations (WANGO)
- World Civil Society Forum Group
- World Conference on Civil Society (Montreal, 1999)
- World Social Forum
Intergovernmental Organizations and Civil Society
United Nations
- Global Compact
- Partners in Civil Society
- Statements by the Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretary-General
- Office of the High Commission for Refugees: Civil Society Support Initiatives
- Civil Society & the United Nations by Cyril Ritchie. ICA Review, Vol.90 No.4, 1997, pp.81-83
- NGO's: Representing Civil Society in the United Nations (Remarks on the Occasion of the Twentieth Lions Day at the United Nations, 27 February 1998) by Ambassador Richardson
- UNESCO: NGOs and Foundations
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
- United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
European Union
- The European Union's Civil Society Cooperation with Latin America by Freres, C. (coord.). Madrid: Asociación de Investigación y Especialización sobre Temas Iberoamericanos (AIETI). 1998.
- EU Development Ministers Seminar: The Role of European Nongovernmental Organizations in Promoting Civil Society in Developing Countries (Berlin, March 1999) [ Discussion paper | Background paper ]
Organization of American States
World Bank
- NGO and Civil Society Unit
- The Interface of Civil Society with the World Bank. Development forum
- Civil Society Contributions to World Bank Operations: Lessons from LAC Overview and Introduction to Seminar Proceedings by Elizabeth Shrader
- Moody Calls For Greater Civil Society Participation In World Bank Country Planning 1998
- Interface of Civil Society with the World Bank
- The World Bank Group in Europe: Civil Society
- WB-CSO Joint Facilitation Committee
- Supporting Civil Society
University-based projects and centres on Civil Society
United States:
- Johns Hopkins University Instituter for Policy Studies: Center for Civil Society Studies (Baltimore MD, USA)
- Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
- Harvard University:
- Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland): Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Transparency and Civil Society Project (Washington DC, USA)
- University of Maryland: Civil Society Initiative NonProfit Pathfinder
- Yale University: Program on Non-Profit Organizations
United Kingdom
- Institute of Development Studies: Civil Society and Governance Programme
- London School of Economics:
Defining Civil Society
- Evolution of the term "civil society" by Richard Holloway
- Civil society: is it anything more than a metaphor for hope for a better world? by Barry Knight and Caroline Hartnell
- Western Definitions of "Civil Society" by Thomas Metzger
- Think Again: Civil Society by Thomas Carothers Foreign Policy Magazine Winter 1999-2000 edition
- Understanding civil society organizations (CSOs) by Richard Holloway
- Building Global Civil Society Reflections on a Movement and Discussion of the Role and Conttibution of CIVICUS by Kumi Naidoo, 1999
- Kuman, Krishnan, "Civil Society: An Inquiry into the Usefulness of an Historical Term", British Journal of Sociology 44: 3 (September 1993), pp. 375–95.
Sectoral concerns with Civil Society
Accountability
- Anthony Judge. Framing NGOs in the Market for Change: comment on the report by SustainAbility. 2003
Community and civil society
- Centre for Community Partnerships (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
- Civic Practices Network
- The Communatarian Network
Democratic deficit and civil apathy
- Joseph F. Helliwell and Robert D. Putnam, "Correction: The Strange Disappearance of Civic America," The American Prospect No. 27 (July-Aug 1996)
- David Rieff, "The False Dawn of Civil Society" The Nation (Feb 1999)
- Jean L. Cohen, "American Civil Society Talk" The Report (Summer 1998)
- Juliet B. Schor, "Civic Engagement and Working Hours: Do Americans Really Have More Free Time Than Ever Before?" Paper for Conference on Civic Engagement in American Democracy (Sept 26-28, 1997)
- Charles Heying, "Civic Elites and Corporate Delocalization: An Alternative Explanation for Declining Civic Engagement" American Behavioral Scientist Vol 40. No.5, (Apr 1997)
Democracy, participation, governance and civil society
- Community Management and Partnerships with Civil Society (Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Fourth Global Forum, Manila, November 1997)
- Center for Democracy and Citizenship (Minneapolis MN, USA
- Center for Political Leadership and Participation (University of Maryland MD, USA)
- Center for Living Democracy
- Learning Tools Catalog: books, papers, and other resources for NGOs working on issues of transparency and democracy.
- Communitarian Network (Washington DC, USA)
- PRIA: Participatory Research in Asia (New Delhi, India)
- Transnational Advocacy, Global Civil Society? Emerging Evidence from the Field of Education By Karen Mundy and Lynn Murphy
- Civil Society: Democratic Perspectives by R Fine and S Rai (Ed) London: Cass 1997
- Civil Society Forum 2001 - Harnessing Synergies of Civil Participation: Civil Society in Singapore 6 October 2001, Lecture Theatre (Faculty of Business Administration), National University of Singapore
- Burbidge, John, ed. Beyond Prince and Merchant: Citizen Participation and the Rise of Civil Society, New York: Pact Publications, 1997 (particularly, essay by Goran Hyden)
- Jørgensen, Lars, "What are NGOs Doing in Civil Society?" in Andrew Clayton, ed. NGOs, Civil Society and the State: Building Democracy in Transitional Societies, Oxford: INTRAC, 1996, pp. 36–54.
- Anthony Judge. Arming Civil Society Worldwide: Getting democracy to work in the emergent American Empire? 2003
- Anthony Judge. Practicalities of Participatory Democracy with International Institutions: Attitudinal, Quantitative and Qualitative Challenges, 2003
- Keane, John, Democracy and Civil Society: On The Predicaments of European Socialism, the Prospects for Democracy and the Problem of Controlling Social and Political Power, London: Verso, 1988.
- Commission on Global Governance
- Democracies Online
- The Democracy Lab
- Open Democracy
- Institute of Development Studies:
- Civil Society and Governance: A Concept Paper, parts i, ii & iii
- The Civil Society and Governance Programme: Final Reports of the Case Studies on Civil Society
- The Civil Society and Governance Programme: Resources, links to various other web sites
- Open Democracy
- World Movement for Democracy (Democracy News)
Democratic protest, dissidence, activism and civil society
- Civil Society: The Third Global Power - The Collapse of the WTO Agenda in Seattle by Nicanor Perlas, 2000
- Global Democracy and NGOs
- White, Gordan, "Civil Society, Democratization and Development: Clearing the Analytical Ground", Democratization 1: 3 (autumn 1994), pp. 375–90.
- Keck, Margaret & Kathryn Sikkink, Activists Beyond Borders: Transnational Advocacy Networks in International Politics, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1998.
Development and civil society
- ELDIS: Electronic Development and Environment Information System (Sussex, UK)
- Civil society resources
- Partnering with Civil Society through a Global Development Gateway Report of A European Workshop, Brussels, 3-4 July, 2000
- Civil Society and the Aid Industry : The Civil Society Agenda: Switching Gears In The Post Cold War World. North-South Institute, 1997
- UNDP and Civil Society: Debt and Poverty Reduction Workshop (February 2000, New York NY, USA)
- Sociedad civil y desarrollo: estudio comparativo. Rodríguez Vargas, Francisco, Planeación y Desarrollo, 28:2 (Apr-June 1997), 27-65.
- The North–South Institute, Civil Society: The Development Solution?
- People-Centred Development Forum
- Institute for Development Research: handbooks and guides for NGOs attempting to affect policy and nurture economic development.
- International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
- International Institute for Democracy
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
- International IDEA Democracy Forum
- World Development Movement
Education and civil society
- Education for Engagement in Civil Society and Government. by John J Patrick. ERIC Digest. 1998
- Center for Civic Education (Calabasas CA, USA)
Employment and civil society
- The role of civil society in promoting decent work by ILO International Institute for Labour Studies (Geneva, 2000)
Environment and civil society
- Environmental NGOs in an Emerging Global Civil Society by Helmut Breitmeier, Volker Rittberger. Tübinger Arbeitspapiere zur Internationalen Politik und Friedensforschung, 1998, Nr. 32
- Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance: The Politics of Nature from Place to Planet Ronnie D. Lipschutz with Judith Mayer
- Civil Society and Clean Shared Growth in Asia: Towards a Stakeholder Model of Environmental Governance by Lyuba Zarsky. Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, 1999
Globalization
- ACP-EU Trade: Civil society
- Global civil society versus globalisation by Faiza Rady Al-Ahram, 31 Dec 1998, #410
- Global Economy & Civil Society by Byron J. Frankman, 1997
- Anthony Judge. Nongovernmental Organizations and the Global Compact. 2001
- Statement from Members of International Civil Society Opposing a Millennium Round of Comprehensive Trade Negotiations (Third World Network, 1999)
- Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN)
- Global Policy Forum - Web Sites On Globalization
- World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization
- Commission on Globalization
Habitat / Shelter and civil society
Human rights
- Civil Society and Human Rights Compiled By Peter P. Ekeh
Knowledge management and civil society
- The Role of Think Tanks in a Civil Society by Shinyasu Hoshino (NIRA, Japan) (1997)
Language and civil society
Legal status of NGOs and civil society bodies
- Anthony Judge. Legal status of international NGOs: overview and options. 1996
- Anthony Judge. Misapplication of International Legal Norms in Socially Abnormal Situations. 1994
Partnerships with/by civil society organizations
- Beyond the Partnership Rhetoric: Reviewing Experiences and Policy Considerations for Implementing 'Genuine' Partnerships in North-South Cooperation by Hauck, V. and T. Land. 2000. (ECDPM Discussion Paper 20). Maastricht: ECDPM.
- Partners for Democratic Change
- Partnership for Democratic Governance and Security
- Partnerships Online / Resources
- PACT (Private Agencies Collaborating Together)
Philosophy
Politics and civil society
- Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
- Center for Civil Society International
- Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Centre for Democratic Institutions
- Citizens Democracy Corps
- Civil Society and Governance Programme
- Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
- Institute for International Economics
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- International Commission of Jurists
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- International Development Network
- International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
- International Political Science Association
- International Republican Institute
- National Endowment For Democracy
- The Olof Palme International Center
- Open Society Institute
- Panos Institute
- Partners for Democratic Change
- Search for Common Ground
- Transparency International (TI)
- Hirst, Paul, From Statism to Pluralism: Democracy, Civil Society and Global Politics, London: UCL Press, 1997.
Population and civil society
- Role of civil society: opportunities and constraints by Mahdi Nawi
Science and civil society
Social capital and civil society
- Alejandro Portes & Patricia Landolt, "The Downside of Social Capital," The American Prospect No. 26 (May-June 1996)
- Social Capital and Civil Society by Francis Fukuyama, 1999
- Jason Zengerle, "Investing in Social Capital" (Sept 1997)
- Andrew Greeley, "The Other Civic America, Religion and Social Capital" The American Prospect No. 32 (May-June 1997)
- Ichiro Kawachi, Bruce P. Kennedy, and Kimberly Lochner, "Long Live Community: Social Capital as Public Health," The American Prospect No. 35 (Nov-Dec 1997)
Values
Foundations with Civil Society Programs
United States:
- Ford Foundation (New York NY, USA)
- Heritage Foundation (Washington DC, USA)
- Kettering Foundation (Dayton OH, USA)
- MacArthur Foundation
- Pew Partnership for Civic Change (Charlottesville VA, USA)
- Funding for Civil Society: Guide to US Grantmakers
United Kingdom:
- Foundation for Civil Society (UK)
International:
- Commonwealth Foundation (UK)
- Esquel Group Foundation: Civil Society Taskforce
- Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
- European Foundation Centre
Continental and Regional Development of Civil Society
Africa:
- Africa Development Forum: Civil Society Organization consultations. Keynote Address by Lalla Ben Barka, Deputy Executive Secretary Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa, 2 December 2000)
- Harbeson, J.W. et al, eds. Civil Society and the State in Africa, Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner, 1994.
- Review of African Political Economy 55 (November 1992), edition dedicated to "Democracy, Civil Society and NGOs".
- Southern African Non-Governmental Organisation Network (SANGONeT)
- Centre for Civil Society, University of Natal, South Africa
Americas:
- Civil Society Bibliography
- Esquel Group Foundation: Civil Society Taskforce
- Civil society and the Summit of the Americas: the 1998 Santiago Summit by Feinberg, Richard E.;Rosenberg, Robin L. (eds.), North-South Center Press at the University of Miami, Coral Gables FL, 1999.
- Sociedad civil e integración en las Américas : una mirada al Mercosur. Franco, Andres; Reinel Pulecio, Jorge (eds.), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Relaciones Internacionales : FESCOL, Fundacion Friedrich Ebert de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia, 1997.
- La cooperación de las sociedades civiles de la Unión Europea con América Latina. Freres, Christian (cdr), Asociación de Investigación y Especialización sobre Temas Iberoamericanos (AIETI), Madrid, 1998.
- Sociedad civil y desarrollo social en Centroamerica : experiencias de participación activa de la población para superar la pobreza, Naciones Unidas, Comision Economica para America Latina y el Caribe-CEPAL, Mexico, D.F., 1997.
- The National Commission on Civic Renewal (USA)
Arab, Islamic and Muslim -- and Middle East
- Civil Society in the Arab World by Martin Gilbraith
- Models of Civil Society in the Muslim World
- Middle East/Persian Gulf: Civil Society
- Gelvin, James, ed. The Civil Society Debate in Middle Eastern Studies, UCLA Near East Center Colloquium Series.
- Schwedler, Jillian, ed. Toward Civil Society in the Middle East? A Primer, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1995 (particularly, Introduction and Conclusion).
- Kandil, Amani, Civil Society in the Arab World, Washington, DC: Civicus, 1995.
- Kazemi, Farhad & Augustus Richard Norton, "Civil Society, Political Reform, and Authoritarianism in the Middle East", Contention 5: 2 (winter 1996), pp. 107–119.
- Norton, Augustus Richard, ed. Civil Society in the Middle East, vols. I and II, Leiden: EJ Brill, 1995 & 1996.
- Ozdalga, Elisabeth & Sune Persson, eds. Civil Society, Democracy, and the Muslim World, Istanbul: Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, 1997 (particuarly, essays by Bjorn Beckman, Mahmood Sariolghalam, Goran Therborn)
- Forum for Civil Society, Yemen
Asia and Pacific:
- Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium Information Center A regional clearinghouse for information on Asia's nonprofit sector.
- Emerging Civil Society in Asia Pacific
- Emerging Civil Society in the Asia Pacific Community 1996, Japan Center for International Exchange, 767 p
- CivilNet, Japan Centre for International Exchange (JCIE)
- Tuloy Foundation
Europe:
- Toward a European Civil Society? by William Outhwaite (University of Sussex)
- European civil society on the move
- The Modern World System and European Civil Society: a reconstruction of the longue durée of modernity in the new millennium by Dr José M. Magone (University of Hull)
- The Charter of Rights and European civil society
- Third Sector Studies in Central Eastern Europe
- Dadalos - NGO for Civil Society Initiatives in Bosnia
- Coalition of NGOs for Democracy and Civil Society - Kyrgyz Republic
- Centre for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE)
- Centre for Development of Non-Profit Sector, Yugoslavia
- NGONet (training, information, guidelines, and support to NGOs in Eastern and Central Europe; includes a listing of networking web sites and a library of on-line resources ).
Third World
- ACP-EU Civil Society Information Network (Internet-based information sharing system on civil society participation in ACP - EU cooperation)
- Democracy And Civil Society In The Third World: Politics And New Political Movements by: Jeff Haynes and Jeffrey Haynes, 1998
- Third World Network
Internet and Civil Society
The Reform of the Domain Name System and the Role of Civil Society by Marc Holitscher, 2000
The Civil Society Debate by Ed Cohn for the Electronic Policy Network.
Civil Society Internet Forum (CSIF)
Is the Internet Civil society's Best Friend? a Transatlantic Perspective by Morgane Danielou
Internet Nonprofit Center (The Evergreen State Society, Seattle WA, USA)
Scott London, Civic Networks: Building Community on the Net (Mar 1997)
World Summit on the Information Society
Management and training for Civil Society
United States:
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- Alliance for Nonprofit Management
- Boston University School of Management: Public and Nonprofit MBA Program
- University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis): Center for Nonprofit Management
- Drucker Foundation on Nonprofit Management (New York NY, USA)
- Information for Nonprofits (documents on starting and managing an organization, fundraising, marketing, and using the web).
- Marywood College (Scranton, Pa.): Graduate Department of Public Administration: Nonprofit Management
- New School for Social Research (New York): Nonprofit Management Program
- Nonprofit Management Education
- Nonprofit Managers' Library Free, how-to management resources.
- George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.): Nonprofit Management Program
- University of San Francisco: Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management
- University of California at Berkeley: Public and Nonprofit Management Program
- University of Michigan (Ann Arbor): Nonprofit and Public Management Center
- Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy (Washington DC)
- Yale School of Management: Programme on Nonprofit Organisations, Nonprofit Management Centre,
National Civil Society Policy
USAID: United States Agency for International Development Agency Objectives: Civil Society
International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission (IFIAC): Statement of Doug Hellinger on Civil Society Perspectives on the IMF and World Bank.1999
International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC): Civil Society Strengthening (Oxford, UK)
NGO Training and Resource Centre (NGOC), Armenia
International Meetings on Civil Society
World Civil Society Conference (Montreal, 1999)
- Address by UN Secretary-General
- Building Global Governance Partnerships by Cyril Ritchie
- Conference Proceedings
Whose World Is It Anyway ? Civil Society, United Nations and the Multilateral Future edited by John W. Foster with Anita Anand
World Civil Society Forum (Geneva, July 2002)
The Hague Appeal for Peace International Civil Society Conference (The Hague, May 1999)
Africa-Europe Civil Society Forum:
- Regional workshops (Algiers, Praia, Johanesburg)
- Civil Society Forum for Euro-African Partnership for Poverty Eradication, Welfare and Citizenship (Cairo, 2000)
Millennium Forum for Civil Society (New York NY, USA, May 2000)
International Conference of Social Network and Social Capital (Oct-Nov 1998)
United Nations
- UNDP Annual DPI/NGO Conference (New York)
- The Advocacy Institute (works to assist NGOs working for social and economic justice; web site includes information on its capacity building program).
- Action Without Borders
- Idealist provides news, resources and information about and for nonprofits. It helps to facilitate communication among NGOs and enhance their effectiveness.
- Resources for Nonprofits comprehensive listing of NGO capacity-building web resources (computing and the internet, lobbying, fundraising, management issues, and public relations).
- Richard Holloway's Civil Society Toolbox
Problematic perspectives: uncivil society / abuses of civil society / terrorism
- Anthony Judge. Undermining Open Civil Society: Reinforcing unsustainable restrictive initiatives. 1999
- Anthony Judge. Interacting Fruitfully with Un-Civil Society: the dilemma for non-civil society organizations. 1996
- Stewart, Sheelagh, "Happy Ever After in the Marketplace: Non-government Organisations and Uncivil Society," Review of African Political Economy, 24:71, 1997, pp. 11–34.
- Wood, Ellen Meiksins, "The Uses and Abuses of ‘Civil Society’", in R. Milliband et al, eds. The Socialist Register, London: Merlin Press, 1990, pp. 60–84.
- Michael W. Foley & Bob Edwards, The Paradox of Civil Society. Journal of Democracy 7.3 (1996)
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