Civil society think again

Foreign Policy

Volumn , Issue 117, 1999, Pages 18-29

  Carothers, Thomas ^a  

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EID: 0040956770     PISSN: 00157228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1149558     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. An avalanche of writing about civil society has appeared in recent years. Those who want to take a more historical view should go back to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (London: H.O. Symonds 1792), Georg Hegel's Philosophy of Right (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896), and Adam Ferguson's An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1767). More recently, Ernest Gellner portrayed a new era of civil society in Conditions of Liberty (New York: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1994). For a sobering corrective, try David Rieff's "The False Dawn of Civil Society" (The Nation, February 22, 1999). A useful comparative study of nonprofit sectors around the world is set out in Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier's The Emerging Sector: An Overview (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
2. An avalanche of writing about civil society has appeared in recent years. Those who want to take a more historical view should go back to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (London: H.O. Symonds 1792), Georg Hegel's Philosophy of Right (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896), and Adam Ferguson's An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1767). More recently, Ernest Gellner portrayed a new era of civil society in Conditions of Liberty (New York: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1994). For a sobering corrective, try David Rieff's "The False Dawn of Civil Society" (The Nation, February 22, 1999). A useful comparative study of nonprofit sectors around the world is set out in Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier's The Emerging Sector: An Overview (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
3. An avalanche of writing about civil society has appeared in recent years. Those who want to take a more historical view should go back to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (London: H.O. Symonds 1792), Georg Hegel's Philosophy of Right (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896), and Adam Ferguson's An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1767). More recently, Ernest Gellner portrayed a new era of civil society in Conditions of Liberty (New York: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1994). For a sobering corrective, try David Rieff's "The False Dawn of Civil Society" (The Nation, February 22, 1999). A useful comparative study of nonprofit sectors around the world is set out in Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier's The Emerging Sector: An Overview (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
4. An avalanche of writing about civil society has appeared in recent years. Those who want to take a more historical view should go back to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (London: H.O. Symonds 1792), Georg Hegel's Philosophy of Right (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896), and Adam Ferguson's An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1767). More recently, Ernest Gellner portrayed a new era of civil society in Conditions of Liberty (New York: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1994). For a sobering corrective, try David Rieff's "The False Dawn of Civil Society" (The Nation, February 22, 1999). A useful comparative study of nonprofit sectors around the world is set out in Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier's The Emerging Sector: An Overview (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
5. An avalanche of writing about civil society has appeared in recent years. Those who want to take a more historical view should go back to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (London: H.O. Symonds 1792), Georg Hegel's Philosophy of Right (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896), and Adam Ferguson's An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1767). More recently, Ernest Gellner portrayed a new era of civil society in Conditions of Liberty (New York: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1994). For a sobering corrective, try David Rieff's "The False Dawn of Civil Society" (The Nation, February 22, 1999). A useful comparative study of nonprofit sectors around the world is set out in Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier's The Emerging Sector: An Overview (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
6. An avalanche of writing about civil society has appeared in recent years. Those who want to take a more historical view should go back to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man (London: H.O. Symonds 1792), Georg Hegel's Philosophy of Right (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896), and Adam Ferguson's An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Edinburgh: A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1767). More recently, Ernest Gellner portrayed a new era of civil society in Conditions of Liberty (New York: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1994). For a sobering corrective, try David Rieff's "The False Dawn of Civil Society" (The Nation, February 22, 1999). A useful comparative study of nonprofit sectors around the world is set out in Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier's The Emerging Sector: An Overview (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994).
7. Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" appeared in the Journal of Democracy (January 1995). Alan Wolfe questions Putnam's data and assumptions in "Is Civil Society Obsolete?" (Brookings Review, Fall 1997). Michael Foley and Bob Edwards accuse Putnam of political naiveté in "The Paradox of Civil Society" (Journal of Democracy, July 1996). Sheri Berman gives a cautionary account of civil society in Germany in "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic" (World Politics, April 1997). Jonathan Rauch warns about the dangers of proliferating pressure groups in Demosclerosis (New York: Times Books, 1994).
8. Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" appeared in the Journal of Democracy (January 1995). Alan Wolfe questions Putnam's data and assumptions in "Is Civil Society Obsolete?" (Brookings Review, Fall 1997). Michael Foley and Bob Edwards accuse Putnam of political naiveté in "The Paradox of Civil Society" (Journal of Democracy, July 1996). Sheri Berman gives a cautionary account of civil society in Germany in "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic" (World Politics, April 1997). Jonathan Rauch warns about the dangers of proliferating pressure groups in Demosclerosis (New York: Times Books, 1994).
9. Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" appeared in the Journal of Democracy (January 1995). Alan Wolfe questions Putnam's data and assumptions in "Is Civil Society Obsolete?" (Brookings Review, Fall 1997). Michael Foley and Bob Edwards accuse Putnam of political naiveté in "The Paradox of Civil Society" (Journal of Democracy, July 1996). Sheri Berman gives a cautionary account of civil society in Germany in "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic" (World Politics, April 1997). Jonathan Rauch warns about the dangers of proliferating pressure groups in Demosclerosis (New York: Times Books, 1994).
10. Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" appeared in the Journal of Democracy (January 1995). Alan Wolfe questions Putnam's data and assumptions in "Is Civil Society Obsolete?" (Brookings Review, Fall 1997). Michael Foley and Bob Edwards accuse Putnam of political naiveté in "The Paradox of Civil Society" (Journal of Democracy, July 1996). Sheri Berman gives a cautionary account of civil society in Germany in "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic" (World Politics, April 1997). Jonathan Rauch warns about the dangers of proliferating pressure groups in Demosclerosis (New York: Times Books, 1994).
11. Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" appeared in the Journal of Democracy (January 1995). Alan Wolfe questions Putnam's data and assumptions in "Is Civil Society Obsolete?" (Brookings Review, Fall 1997). Michael Foley and Bob Edwards accuse Putnam of political naiveté in "The Paradox of Civil Society" (Journal of Democracy, July 1996). Sheri Berman gives a cautionary account of civil society in Germany in "Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic" (World Politics, April 1997). Jonathan Rauch warns about the dangers of proliferating pressure groups in Demosclerosis (New York: Times Books, 1994).
12. A hard look at Western efforts to promote civil society in other countries is in Thomas Carothers' Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve (Washington: Carnegie Endowment, 1999). Kevin Quigley critically examines civil society aid in Eastern Europe in For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), while Alison Van Rooy has assembled usefully diverse views on such aid in developing countries in Civil Society and the Aid Industry (London: Earthscan, 1998). An optimistic but rigorous study of transnational civic advocacy is Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink's Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
13. A hard look at Western efforts to promote civil society in other countries is in Thomas Carothers' Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve (Washington: Carnegie Endowment, 1999). Kevin Quigley critically examines civil society aid in Eastern Europe in For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), while Alison Van Rooy has assembled usefully diverse views on such aid in developing countries in Civil Society and the Aid Industry (London: Earthscan, 1998). An optimistic but rigorous study of transnational civic advocacy is Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink's Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
14. A hard look at Western efforts to promote civil society in other countries is in Thomas Carothers' Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve (Washington: Carnegie Endowment, 1999). Kevin Quigley critically examines civil society aid in Eastern Europe in For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), while Alison Van Rooy has assembled usefully diverse views on such aid in developing countries in Civil Society and the Aid Industry (London: Earthscan, 1998). An optimistic but rigorous study of transnational civic advocacy is Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink's Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
15. A hard look at Western efforts to promote civil society in other countries is in Thomas Carothers' Aiding Democracy Abroad: The Learning Curve (Washington: Carnegie Endowment, 1999). Kevin Quigley critically examines civil society aid in Eastern Europe in For Democracy's Sake: Foundations and Democracy Assistance in Central Europe (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997), while Alison Van Rooy has assembled usefully diverse views on such aid in developing countries in Civil Society and the Aid Industry (London: Earthscan, 1998). An optimistic but rigorous study of transnational civic advocacy is Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink's Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998).
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