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Addresses a relevant current topic not only of third sector research, but of social science
In general involves an international authorship including many of the distinguished experts and pioneers of third sector research
Honors the work of third sector researcher and ISTR president, Annette Zimmer
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Studying Associations and Associating in the 21st Century: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
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Associating in Times of Flux
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Associations and the Challenge of Capitalist Development
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Matthias Freise, Thorsten Hallmann
About the editors
Matthias Freise received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Münster University, Germany where Annette Zimmer was his doctoral advisor. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Political Science and executive director of the Graduate School of Politics at the same place. Previously, he supervised a doctoral research group on “European Civil Society and Multilevel Governance” at Münster University together with Annette Zimmer. His research interests include civil society theory, third sector research, European multilevel governance and interest representation. He is co-editor of the series “European Civil Society” at Nomos Publishers. Recent publications include A Panacea for all seasons? Civil Society and Governance in Europe (Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2010) and several articles on civil society organisations in public private partnerships. In addition, Matthias Freise is a teacher in the advanced training course on Nonprofit Management and Governance at Münster University.
Thorsten Hallmann received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Münster University, Germany, in 2008. His dissertation dealt with the public discourse on drug policy and the "drug scene" in Münster. He is mainly working on third sector and local policy issues. From 2011 to 2013 he was a member of the WILCO research team, a EU-funded international project on welfare innovations on the local level. As a student, he joined the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project team in Münster, headed by Annette Zimmer. Later they conducted further research on local associations together. Hallmann also worked as a volunteer and board member in a local refugee relief organisation and is an active member of further civic associations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modernizing Democracy
Book Subtitle: Associations and Associating in the 21st Century
Editors: Matthias Freise, Thorsten Hallmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0485-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0484-6Published: 14 May 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5530-5Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-0485-3Published: 13 May 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 357
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology, general, Social Policy