Setting out to explore critically the way civil society has entered development thinking, policy and practice as a paradigmatic concept of the 21st century, How

This book examines the role of faith-based organizations in managing international aid, providing services, defending human rights and protecting democracy. It

Interest in the concept of civil society has undergone a remarkable renaissance in the 1990s. It is currrently seen as a potential tool to overcome some of the

How historically rooted power dynamics have shaped the evolution of civil society globally. The civil society sector—made up of millions of nonprofit organiza

The rise of neo-liberalism and the so-called Washington Consensus have generated a powerful international ideology concerning what constitutes good governance,