Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2011
College/Unit
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program/Center
Social Work
Abstract
The selection of civil society institutions (which the author refers to as strands) around which the volume is woven is interesting because it contains several novel elements in a novel combination: civil society is said to consist of philanthropy, the common good, rule of law, nonprofit and voluntary institutions, individual rights, free expression and tolerance. This book is important reading for political philosophers, doctoral students and theorists interested in the connection of civil society and philanthropy. Yet it has a number of weaknesses that are enumerated in the review.
Digital Commons Citation
Lohmann, Roger A., "Book Review: Sievers, B. R. (2010). Civil society, philanthropy, and the fate of the commons" (2011). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2568.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2568
Source Citation
A revised and edited version of this review was published at Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 40(4), 776-779. 2011.
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Nonprofit Administration and Management Commons, Public Administration Commons, Public Policy Commons, Social Policy Commons, Social Welfare Commons
Comments
Author's preprint.