Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector, Volume 2 [Paperback]

Lester M. Salamon (Editor), S. Wojciech Sokolowski and Associates (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2004

* Unveils a new Global Civil Society Index
* Provides data on the nonprofit sector in thirty-six countries, fourteen in depth
* Focuses on Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with new material on Europe
* Presents information in easily accessible tables and charts

Volume Two of Global Civil Society builds on the comprehensive overview of the scope, size, composition, and financing of the nonprofit, or civil society, sector established in Volume One. This book is sure to become a crucial source of information on the nonprofit world. A key reference tool for libraries, the book will also be essential reading for nonprofit and foundation leaders, international development agency officials, and public policy makers.

See also Global Civil Society, Vol. 1

Editorial Reviews

Review

Of the most ambitious attempts to measure the size of charity . . . the basis for new UN guidelines on national accounts." -- The Economist, July 29, 2004

Offers new empirical evidence about the increasingly central role of the civil society sector in social and economic development globally. -- Ian Johnson, Vice President, Sustainable Development, The World Bank

Practitioners and policy makers will be well served by this growing body of data on the...civil society sector. -- Kathryn Wolford, President, Lutheran World Relief

The most useful roadmap ever of the civil society organizations mobilizing enormous social energy in the developing world today -- David Valenzuela, President, Inter-American Foundation

a critical contribution to meeting the challenges facing the nonprofit sector in the developing world today. -- Srilatha Batliwala, Harvard University's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations

From the Publisher

Unique features:
-First book to provide basic data on the nonprofit sector in the developing world
-Updates and expands on Global Civil Society [Volume One]
-Full of essential information presented in easily accessible table and chart format

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Kumarian Press (August 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156549184X
• ISBN-13: 978-1565491847
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)