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Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit
Sector, Volume Two
Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and
Associates
(Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2004)
ISBN 1-56549-184-X / $39.95.
Documents for the first time the scope, size, composition,
and financing of the nonprofit, or civil society, in 36
countries, including in-depth analysis of 14 countries,
most of them in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Also
unveils a new "global civil society index."
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Global Civil Society: An Overview
Lester M. Salamon, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and
Regina List
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies,
2003)
ISBN 1-886333-50-5 / $12.00
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The State of Nonprofit America
Lester M. Salamon, editor
(Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002)
Cloth, ISBN 0-8157-0624-3, $59.95
Paper, ISBN 0-8157-0623-5, $24.95
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The Tools of Government: A Guide to the New
Governance
Lester M. Salamon, editor
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2002)
ISBN 0-19-513665-9 / $45.00
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The Tools of Government:
Workbooks
This set of materials illustrates the operating
mechanics of many of the major tools of government
action and is designed to be used in conjunction
with the textbook, The Tools of Government:
A Guide to the New Governance. Organized in six
sections, each features an existing or recent
government program that embodies a specific
tool of government along with a set of questions
to guide the reader through the material.
Available on CD in January 2003.
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Global Civil Society: Dimensions of the Nonprofit
Sector
Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List, Stefan
Toepler, S.
Wojciech Sokolowski, and Associates (Baltimore: Center for
Civil
Society Studies, 1999)
ISBN 1-886333-42-4 / $34.95.
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Sociedad Civil Global: Dimensiones del Sector sin
Fines de
Lucro
Lester M. Salamon, Helmut K. Anheier, Regina List, Stefan
Toepler, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Associates (Madrid:
Fundación BBVA, 2001).
Spanish translation of Global Civil Society: Dimensions
of the Nonprofit Sector.
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America's Nonprofit Sector: A Primer. Second
Edition
Lester M. Salamon (New York: The Foundation Center,
1999).
Discusses the basic scope, structure, operation, and role
of
the nonprofit sector in the U.S. Places the sector into
context
in relation to government and the business sector and shows
how
the position of the nonprofit sector has changed over time.
Cost:
$14.95.
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Center
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Cross-border Philanthropy
Helmut K. Anheier and Regina List, eds. (London: Charities
Aid
Foundation, 2000)
Systematically explores the ways charitable funding flows
from
one country to another. Using four country case studies
(U.K.,
U.S., Germany, and Japan), maps types of cross-border flows
by
type of donor and purpose.
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Charities Aid Foundation
Private Funds, Public Purpose: Philanthropic
Foundations in
International Perspective
Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler, eds. (New York:
Plenum,
1999). Provides a comparative framework for examining
differences
among foundation communities and compares U.S. and European
foundations. Discusses emerging foundations in Europe and
the
influence of Western foundations on civil society in
Central
Europe.
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The International Guide to Nonprofit Law
Lester M. Salamon (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997).
Describes nonprofit laws and regulations in 22 countries
including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France,
Germany,
Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The
Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden,
Thailand, United Kingdom, and United States.
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Holding the Center: America's Nonprofit Sector at a
Crossroads
Lester M. Salamon (New York: Nathan Cummings Foundation,
1997).
Explores the challenges confronting the American
nonprofit
sector and suggests some steps that could be taken to renew
the
sector and reinvigorate its popular base. Cost: $5.95
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Foundation
Center
Private Action/Public Good: Maryland's Nonprofit
Sector in
a Time of Change
Lester M. Salamon (Baltimore: Maryland Association of
Nonprofit
Organizations, 1997).
Describes the size and scope of the nonprofit sector in
Maryland, what nonprofits do, the sector's impact on the
economy,
and trends in staffing, usage of volunteers, fundraising,
and
management. Cost: $40.00.
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Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Partners in Public Service: Government-Nonprofit
Relations
in the Modern Welfare State
Lester M. Salamon (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University
Press,
1995). Discusses the theoretical basis of government/nonprofit
cooperation, shows why government came to rely on nonprofit
groups to administer public programs, documents the scope
of the
resulting partnership in the U.S., and explores the
expanding
scope of government-nonprofit collaboration at the
international level.
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The Emerging Nonprofit Sector
Lester M.
Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996).
Provides an international overview of the scope, structure, financing, and role of the nonprofit sector, examining the increasingly influential role of nonprofit organizations in the economies and societies of countries around the world.
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Defining the Nonprofit Sector: A Cross-National Analysis
Edited by Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997).
Establishes the building blocks for a common definition and a common classification of the nonprofit sector internationally while still recognizing the extraordinary diversity of nonprofits around the world. Covers Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Thailand, the U.K., and the U.S.
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The Nonprofit Sector in Germany
Helmut K. Anheier and Wolfgang Seibel (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2001).
Offers an overview of the size, scope, structure, historical development and current policy environment of the nonprofit sector in Germany, and shows that it plays an important role in a number of fields, achieving significant momentum in recent years.
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The Nonprofit Sector in France
Edith Archambault (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997).
Describes the history of the nonprofit sector in France; analyzes the sector's scope, structure, and financing; reveals how nonprofit organizations have come to permeate French society; and discusses trends.
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The Nonprofit Sector in Hungary
By Eva Kuti (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996).
Explores the historical roots of nonprofit activity in Hungary and examines the re-emergence of citizen organizations in Central and Eastern Europe following the break-up of the Soviet bloc in 1989.
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The Nonprofit Sector in Italy
Edited by Gian Paolo Barbetta (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997).
Examines how the dual pressures of needing to contain the government deficit in order to stay in the European Union, while also improving the quality, efficiency, and quantity of services, have pushed Italy's nonprofit organizations up on the agenda of public life.
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The Nonprofit Sector in Japan
Edited by Tadashi Yamamoto (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998).
Offers the first systematic analysis of the Japanese nonprofit sector ever undertaken. Shows that although Japan has a much larger nonprofit sector than is generally recognized, this sector still lags behind those of other developed economies, and discusses possible explanations.
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The Nonprofit Sector in Sweden
Tommy Lundstrom and Filip Wijkstrom (Manchester: Manchester University Press 1998).
Provides a systematic account of the nonprofit sector's development in Sweden. Defines the sector, outlines its history and legal framework, looks at the relationship between the nonprofit sector and the state, and discusses the sector's future role.
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The Voluntary Sector in the UK
By Jeremy Kendall and Martin Knapp (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996).
Defines the voluntary sector in the U.K., outlines its historical development and legal treatment, examines the financial and human resource base of the sector, and analyzes the sector's contributions in the fields of education, health, and social care.
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The Nonprofit Sector in the Developing World
Edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Lester M. Salamon (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998).
Examines the upsurge of organized private, nonprofit activity in the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the important role these organizations can play in the processes of economic and political change. Presents research on the nonprofit sector in Brazil, Ghana, Egypt, India, and Thailand.
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