Civil society/External Links

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Article collections

Tufts University Press has a Civil Society book series that includes a number of readers and article collections.

Bibliographies

Union of International Associations Web Resources

University Press Books for Understanding Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Volunteer Management Bibliographies

World Health Organization Annotated Bibliography

World Bank - NGOs, civil society and youth

Companies

The Civil Society Group

Data collections

Guidestar.org

National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference material

Philanthropy in America: A Three Volume Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Social Reform (1897)

For younger students (up to age 14±)

Circle:Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement

Government websites

Revenue Service (U.S.) Charities & nonprofits page

Business & Nonprofit Gateway

Journals and periodicals

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

The Nonprofit Quarterly

Organizations

African Centre for Civil Society Law

Civil Society Institute

The United Nations and Civil Society

International Center for Civil Society Law

University departments

Center for Civil Society (UCLA)

Center for Democracy and Civil Society (Georgetown)

Center on Philanthropy (Indiana University)

Southwest Institute on Religion & Civil Society (NM)

Center for Civil Society Studies (Johns Hopkins University)

Civil Society Institute (Santa Clara University)

Centre for Civil Society (London School of Economics)

Research Group on Europäische Zivilgesellschaft (Muenster)

Saguaro Seminar (Harvard University)