Manufacturing Civil Society: Principles, Practices and Effects

1. Manufacturing Civil Society: An Introduction 2. 'You're either with us or against us': Manufacturing Civility in the Netherlands 3. Diversity and Ambiguity in the English Third Sector: Responding to Contracts and Competition in Public Services Delivery 4. How Viable is the Big Society? Perceptions from Environmental NGOs in the UK 5. Civil Society Organisations as a Government Steering Mechanism: A cComparison between Sport Associations and Patient Organisations in the Netherlands 6. New forms of Dependency in Central and Eastern Europe? Reflections on the State-third Sector Relations in Public Service Provision in Post-Communist Countries 7. New challenges for the Cooperation between Civil Society and Public Sector - The Federal Volunteer Service in Germany 8. Public Governance of Welfare Services in Italy 9. The Autonomy of Organized Civil Society in Strategic Policy Decision Making: A Resource Dependence Perspective 10. Controlling or Empowering Non-Profit Organizations?: Dimensions of Accountability in Singapore 11. Active Citizenship: From Panacea to Political Program. In Search of an Appealing Narrative