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International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Stefan Toepler

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International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Stefan Toepler

Recently the topic of civil society has generated a wave of interest, and a wealth of new information. Until now no publication has attempted to organize and consolidate this knowledge. The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society fills this gap, establishing a common set of understandings and terminology, and an analytical starting point for future research. Global in scope and authoritative in content, the Encyclopedia offers succinct summaries of core concepts and theories; definitions of terms; biographical entries on important figures and organizational profiles. In addition, it serves as a reliable and up-to-date guide to additional sources of information. In sum, the Encyclopedia provides an overview of the contours of civil society, social capital, philanthropy and nonprofits across cultures and historical periods. For researchers in nonprofit and civil society studies, political science, economics, management and social enterprise, this is the most systematic appraisal of a rapidly growing field.

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0387939946

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Nonprofit Organizations

An Introduction

By: Helmut K. Anheier

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Nonprofit Organizations

An Introduction

By: Helmut K. Anheier

This text is the first to dedicate itself to the nonprofit sector. It provides a comprehensive overview of nonprofit and voluntary organizations, nongovernmental organizations, philanthropic foundations and civil society institutions. Taking an international perspective, it details the background and concepts behind these organizations and examines the theory, management and policy which informs them. Questions answered include: What are nonprofit and voluntary organizations? What is the history of the nonprofit sector? What is the scale and structure of the nonprofit sector? How can we explain the existence and behaviour of nonprofit organizations? How do nonprofits obtain funding and how do they manage resources? With strong pedagogical features and the author's own extensive experience, this book is a valuable reference for all those involved in non-profit making organizations, as well as those in the wider public administration and management arena.

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1134380909

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When Things Go Wrong

By: Helmut K. Anheier

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When Things Go Wrong

By: Helmut K. Anheier

This book examines four aspects of organisational failure - organisational, political, cognitive and structural. Using real-life examples, the contributors look at various issues to differentiate between failure as a process and as an outcome.

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0761910484

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A Dictionary of Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Third Sector

By: Helmut K. Anheier

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A Dictionary of Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Third Sector

By: Helmut K. Anheier

This guide to civil society provides a quick and easy reference to the key people, concepts and organizations of the third sector. It contains approximately 300 up-to-date entries including all terms and concepts associated with civil society, as well as regional information. Key features of the dictionary include: * definitions of concepts and terms surrounding civil society * details on specific regions important in the history of civil society, such as India, the CIS and the USA * profiles of the key personalities and organizations involved in the third sector * includes information on how the sector operates (e.g. Fair Trade, grassroots organizations and exit strategies) * provides information that would otherwise require many volumes to locate. Key terms include: Citizenship, Social Captial, Rule of Law, Nonprofit Management, Corporate Responsibilities and Social Origins Theory.

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1135355967

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Nonprofit Organizations

Theory, Management, Policy

By: Helmut K. Anheier

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Nonprofit Organizations

Theory, Management, Policy

By: Helmut K. Anheier

In this new edition of his popular textbook, Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy, Helmut K. Anheier has fully updated, revised and expanded his comprehensive introduction to this field. The text takes on an international and comparative dimensions perspective, detailing the background and concepts behind these organizations and examining relevant theories and central issues. Anheier covers the full range of nonprofit organizations – service providers, membership organizations, foundations, community groups – in different fields, such as arts and culture, social services and education. He introduces central terms such as philanthropy, charity, community, social entrepreneurship, social investment, public good and civil society, whilst explaining how the field spills over from public management, through nonprofit management and public administration. The previous edition won the Best Book Award at the American Academy of Management in 2006. Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy is an ideal resource for students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in both Europe and North America.

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1317914511

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Cultures and Globalization

Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance

By: Helmut K Anheier

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Cultures and Globalization

Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance

By: Helmut K Anheier

Today is a new metropolitan age and for the first time ever more people live in cities than they do anywhere else. As cities strengthen their international and cultural influence, the global world is acted out most articulately in the world's urban hubs - through its diverse cultures, broad networks and innovative styles of governance. Looking at the city through its internal dynamics, the book examines how governance and cultural policy play out in a national and international framework. Making a truly global contribution to the literature, editors Isar and Anheier bring together a truly international and highly-respected collection of scholars. In doing so, they skilfully steer debates beyond the city as an economic powerhouse, to cover issues that fully comprehend a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning. Innovative in its approach and content, this book is ideal for students, scholars and researchers interested in sociology, urban studies, cultural studies, and public policy.

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1446201236

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The Nonprofit Sector in the Developing World

A Comparative Analysis

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Lester M. Salamon

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The Nonprofit Sector in the Developing World

A Comparative Analysis

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Lester M. Salamon

Recent years have witnessed a significant upsurge of organized private, nonprofit activity in the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America and with it an appreciation of the role that nonprofit organizations can play in the processes of economic and political change. Long recognized as instruments of relief and promotors of human rights, such organizations have recently come to be viewed also as essential contributors to basic economic growth and to the broader civic infrastucture that is now increasingly seen as a fundamental precondition for markets and representative political institutions to function.

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Manchester University Press

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0719053862

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Creative Philanthropy

Toward a New Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Diana Leat

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Creative Philanthropy

Toward a New Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Diana Leat

Philanthropy and endowed foundation are vitally important institutions of modern society, yet in recent years, they've faced new threats such as declining resources and questions of accountability and performance. To address these questions, individual philanthropists and foundation leaders have looked to strategic philanthropy to become more effective and efficient. This important book provides an overview of creative philanthropy along with an analysis of its theory and practice. The authors spell out the implications of their study for management and policy and provide readers with vital tools and techniques. Drawing on case study examples and incorporating sections on key questions and dilemmas, this revealing book covers: the philanthropic deficit finding a distinctive role to do more with less characteristics of the creative foundation beyond strategic philanthropy the strength of creative philanthropy developing creative foundations and philanthropic practices. Essential reading for all those who study or work in foundations, philanthropy and non-profit organizations, this volume clearly navigates a path through this significant yet highly complex subject area.

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1134197640

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Civil Society

Measurement, Evaluation, Policy

By: Helmut Anheier

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Civil Society

Measurement, Evaluation, Policy

By: Helmut Anheier

Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations, institutions and movements - has in recent years emerged as the major force for change in the realms of politics, public policy and society both globally and locally. Yet, despite the crucial importance of this political phenomenon to the principle and practice of democracy, it eludes definition and systematic understanding. This book provides a comprehensive and flexible framework for the definition, measurement, analysis and interpretation of civil society based on the innovative 'Civil Society Diamond'. Written as a guide for both practitioners and academics, the book presents precise and insightful solutions to the issues of how to understand the concept of civil society, where to locate it theoretically and empirically, and which techniques are best suited to its measurement. The approach presented here has been successfully adopted across a wide range of civil society organizations in over 30 countries. The author draws on and applies a diverse repertoire of indicators, tools and data - suitable for various organizational forms, practical contexts and theoretical perspectives - which measure the effectiveness of civil society initiatives and reveal certain strategic and policy options. The aim is to promote and facilitate structured, informed and fruitful dialogue within civil society organizations and between them and the governmental, corporate and academic actors with whom they are now so integrally linked.

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Taylor & Francis

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1136569944

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Civil Society

Measurement, Evaluation, Policy

By: Helmut Anheier

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Civil Society

Measurement, Evaluation, Policy

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Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations

The Ambiguity of Success and Failure

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Diana Leat

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Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations

The Ambiguity of Success and Failure

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Diana Leat

The growth of philanthropic foundations in numbers and significance raises two immediate questions. First, what makes for success and failure of foundations’ projects and activities? Second, what yardsticks or benchmarks are used to measure performance and track goal attainment? The purpose of this book is to delve deeper into the complex set of issues that lie behind the performance and wider impact of philanthropy. Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations looks at the strengths and weaknesses of philanthropic foundations, which are independent of both the market and ballot box and yet open to signal and incentive deficiencies. The authors use in-depth case studies from different countries to illustrate the problems and challenge much of the conventional wisdom on foundation "success" and "failure." The book also outlines the main contours of a proactive governance and management style to address those problems.

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1351665898

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Defining the Nonprofit Sector

A Cross-national Analysis

By: Lester M. Salamon,Helmut K. Anheier

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Defining the Nonprofit Sector

A Cross-national Analysis

By: Lester M. Salamon,Helmut K. Anheier

The growth of the non-profit, voluntary or third sector has been widely recognized throughout the world. This text seeks to provide a definition and a common classification of the non-profit sector, while recognizing the great diversity of voluntarism internationally.

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0719049024

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The Emerging Nonprofit Sector

An Overview

By: Lester M. Salamon,Helmut K. Anheier

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The Emerging Nonprofit Sector

An Overview

By: Lester M. Salamon,Helmut K. Anheier

Chapter 6: Country profiles.

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A Versatile American Institution

The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations

By: David C. Hammack,Helmut K. Anheier

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A Versatile American Institution

The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations

By: David C. Hammack,Helmut K. Anheier

America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. Foundations have a great deal of freedom, enjoy widespread legitimacy, and wield considerable influence. In this book, David Hammack and Helmut Anheier follow up their edited volume, American Foundations, with a comprehensive historical account of what American foundations have done with that independence and power. While philanthropic foundations play important roles in other parts of the world, the U.S. sector stands out as exceptional. Nowhere else are they so numerous, prominent, or autonomous. What have been the main contributions of philanthropic foundations to American society? And what might the future hold for them? A Versatile American Institution considers foundations in a new way. Previous accounts typically focused narrowly on their organization, donors, and leaders, and their intentions—but not on the outcome of philanthropy. Rather than looking at foundations in a vacuum, Hammack and Anheier consider their roles and contributions in the context of their times and their economic and political circumstances.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815721951

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The Nonprofit Sector in the Developing World

A Comparative Analysis

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Lester M. Salamon

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The Nonprofit Sector in the Developing World

A Comparative Analysis

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A Dictionary of Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Third Sector

By: Helmut K. Anheier

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Cultures and Globalization

Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance

By: Helmut K Anheier

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Cities, Cultural Policy and Governance

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Global Civil Society 2005/6

By: Helmut K Anheier,Mary Kaldor,Marlies Glasius

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Global Civil Society 2005/6

By: Helmut K Anheier,Mary Kaldor,Marlies Glasius

This fifth Global Civil Society Yearbook continues the intellectual shaping of an emerging global civil society. As the Global Call for Action on Poverty, G-Cap, makes its voice heard under the whiteband symbol, this analysis of current issues of migration, climate change and UN reform, with a focus on gender and social movements, provides a timely intellectual resource to strengthen shared commitments' - Mary Robinson 'These annual volumes have themselves become an occasion for enacting global civil society: each Yearbook is a project that involves hundreds of people around the world in various ways... and they often fight it out around divergent understandings of critical issues. This volume enters the extreme zones we face today - the growing injustices which increasingly are only addressed by global civil society actors, but also the powerful innovations brought about by new technologies that can construct whole new global spaces for global civil society' - Saskia Sassen 'It is increasingly difficult to recall memorable analyses of international social movements before GCS. But after half a decade each annual issue is not only a magnum opus but is also definitive, distinctive & comparative. The study of global civil society can never be the same!' - Timothy M Shaw, Professor of Commonwealth Governance & Development & Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London The annual Global Civil Society Yearbooks provide an indispensable guide to global civil society or civic participation and action around the world. Each yearbook includes commissioned contributions from leading commentators across the social sciences on the latest issues and developments. Each yearbook also explores and presents the latest approaches to measuring and analyzing global civil society and provides a chronology of key global civil society events in the year. The 2005/6 Yearbook explores the role of gender in global civil society and investigates the core issues of labour migration, climate change and UN reform. In part three, contributions consider the impact of social forums and wireless technology, as well as reviewing the discussion of networks from the 2004/5 Yearbook. Illustrated throughout with summaries, maps, figures, tables and photographs and encompassing regular features such as updates on previous editions and the annual data reports, the Global Civil Society Yearbook remains the standard work on all aspects of contemporary global civil society for activists, practitioners, students and academics alike. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the key actors, forms and manifestations of global civil society around the world today.

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1412911923

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American Foundations

Roles and Contributions

By: Helmut K. Anheier,David C. Hammack

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American Foundations

Roles and Contributions

By: Helmut K. Anheier,David C. Hammack

Foundations play an essential part in the philanthropic activity that defines so much of American life. No other nation provides its foundations with so much autonomy and freedom of action as does the United States. Liberated both from the daily discipline of the market and from direct control by government, American foundations understandably attract great attention. As David Hammack and Helmut Anheier note in this volume, "Americans have criticized foundations for... their alleged conservatism, liberalism, elitism, radicalism, devotion to religious tradition, hostility to religion—in short, for commitments to causes whose significance can be measured, in part, by the controversies they provoke. Americans have also criticized foundations for ineffectiveness and even foolishness." Their size alone conveys some sense of the significance of American foundations, whose assets amounted to over $530 billion in 2008 despite a dramatic decline of almost 22 percent in the previous year. And in 2008 foundation grants totaled over $45 billion. But what roles have foundations actually played over time, and what distinctive roles do they fill today? How have they shaped American society, how much difference do they make? What roles are foundations likely to play in the future? This comprehensive volume, the product of a three-year project supported by the Aspen Institute's program on the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy, provides the most thorough effort ever to assess the impact and significance of the nation's large foundations. In it, leading researchers explore how foundations have shaped—or failed to shape—each of the key fields of foundation work. American Foundations takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour, evaluating foundation efforts in education, scientific and medical research, health care, social welfare, international relations, arts and culture, religion, and social change.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815704577

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Philanthropy and Education

Strategies for Impact

By: E. Thümler,N. Bögelein,A. Beller,H. Anheier

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Philanthropy and Education

Strategies for Impact

By: E. Thümler,N. Bögelein,A. Beller,H. Anheier

Philanthropic foundations play an increasingly important role in attempts to enhance the performance of school systems. Based on case studies from Germany, Switzerland and the US, this book develops an innovative model of effective education philanthropy for successfully tackling problems in the complex field of education.

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1137326255

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Performance Measurement in Philanthropic Foundations

The Ambiguity of Success and Failure

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Diana Leat

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The Ambiguity of Success and Failure

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Creative Philanthropy

Toward a New Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Diana Leat

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Toward a New Philanthropy for the Twenty-First Century

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Global Civil Society 2004/5

By: Helmut K Anheier

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Global Civil Society 2004/5

By: Helmut K Anheier

Contains a wealth of detail on globalization, people's values and attitudes, governance and civil liberties, plus a chronology of the conferences, campaigns and protests that are the sinews of global civil society.

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1412903076

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The Nonprofit Sector in Germany

Between State, Economy, and Society

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Wolfgang Seibel

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The Nonprofit Sector in Germany

Between State, Economy, and Society

By: Helmut K. Anheier,Wolfgang Seibel

This text offers an overview of the size, scope, structure, historical development and current policy environment of the German nonprofit sector.

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Manchester University Press

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0719051231

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Social Innovation

Comparative Perspectives

By: Helmut Anheier,Gorgi Krlev,Georg Mildenberger

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Social Innovation

Comparative Perspectives

By: Helmut Anheier,Gorgi Krlev,Georg Mildenberger

Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives investigates socio-economic impact. Since it is hard to establish causality and to measure social properties when investigating impact, especially at the level of society, the book narrows down impact to one priority aspect: social innovation – understood as organizations’ capacity to generate novel ideas, ways and means of doing things, of addressing public and social problems of many kinds. This volume’s primary assertion is that the Third Sector, specifically through stimulating civic involvement, is best placed to produce social innovation, outperforming business firms and state agencies in this regard. By investigating actor contributions to social innovation across seven fields of activity, Social innovation: Comparative Perspectives develops our understanding of why and how the Third Sector is central to functioning, cohesive and viable societies. This volume is based on contributions of the project "ITSSOIN – Impact of the Third Sector as Social Innovation" funded by the European Commission under the 7th framework programme. It will be of insight across disciplines, in particular to the growing social innovation community, innovation researchers more generally and to non-profit scholars. The practical relevance of the book will be of interest to European and national policy makers and practitioners across different sectors.

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