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Articles Tagged With 'civil+society'

Date Author Category Title
Summer 2003
Vinay Jain
Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Civil Society The Problem with Bowling Alone Respect, local community involvement, and identity politics.
Fall 2005
Mark Macnamara
Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Human Rights • Civil Society Imagining a Democracy In Morocco, there are 33,000 NGOs, many of which are engaged in a massive struggle to bring a civil society to life, while avoiding the hazards of Middle East geopolitical tensions and the challenges of the country’s own recent history of egregious human rights violations.
Fall 2005
Kevin O'Flynn
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Organizations • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Health • Environment 15 minutes with Kaisha Atakhanova Kazakh biologist, activist, and environmental prize recipient.
Summer 2006
Alana Conner Snibbe
Global Issues • Civil Society Bowling Alone? Civil society may not be in such bad shape.
Fall 2006
Susan A. Ostrander
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management Your Inner Philanthropist What gets lost when donors follow their own hearts instead of recipients’ needs.
Spring 2004
Dawn Ibis
Social Innovations • Global Issues • Civil Society Review: Civic Revolutionaries Cross-sector collaboration is the key to community revitalization.
Summer 2007
Mike Rotkin
Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Civil Society Review: The Next Form of Democracy [Free!] Decision making is becoming more communal.
Fall 2007
Catherine DiBenedetto
Global Issues • Environment • Civil Society Review: Blessed Unrest [Free!] The human spirit endures in grassroots activism.
Spring 2008
Alana Conner
Philanthropy • Altruism • Global Issues • Civil Society With Love Comes War Xenophobia and altruism may have evolved hand in hand.
Summer 2008
Alana Conner
Government • Government Programs • Global Issues • Health Government Cares the Most Public nursing homes outshine nonprofits and for-profits.
Fall 2008
James A. Phills Jr.
Social Innovations • Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Government • Social Policy Q & A: David Gergen [Free!] In this interview with James A. Phills Jr., the Stanford Social Innovation Review's academic editor, former presidential advisor David Gergen discusses his views on social innovation, why social entrepreneurs should be more engaged in politics, and how the federal government can work with and even fund social entrepreneurs.
Winter 2009
Jennifer Roberts
Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Environment • Civil Society What’s Next: Jolly Old Eco-land Britain tries building carbon-neutral housing to address its housing shortage.
Spring 2009
Jennifer Roberts
Government • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Civil Society What’s Next: Polling Power A new Web site shows voters who like-minded peers, organizations, and opinion leaders support.
Spring 2009
Alana Conner
Government • Social Policy • Government Programs Research: Partners Must Start Smart Starting on the right terms fosters the trust necessary for partners to work together over the long haul.
Spring 2009
Lee Bruno
Social Innovations • Cause Marketing • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Organizations • Government • Global Issues • Civil Society Millennials MoveOn [Free!] To propel young folks to the polls, a political organization mixed Web 2.0 tools with social science savvy.
Summer 2009
John Wood
Global Issues • Health • Civil Society • Reviews The Ultimate Second Act [Free!] The Unfinished Presidency by Douglas Brinkley
Summer 2009
Suzie Boss
Social Innovations • Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Government • Social Policy • Government Programs What’s Next: White House Digs Innovation Social innovation now has an official place in the White House.