Third Sector organizations and civil society under different political regimes and contexts: role and regulations

Brenda K. Bushouse, University of Massachusetts

Against de Tocqueville: How Membership in Civil Society Organizations Predicts Understandings of Democracy - Sema Akboga, Istanbul Medipol University; Christopher Einolf, Northern Illinois University

Does Government Intervention Enhance or Erode Social Capital? The Case of Ethnic Minority Associations in Hong Kong - Mingmin Pan, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, the University of Hong Kong; Wai-Fung LAM, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, the University of Hong Kong; Winnie W Y Law, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, the University of Hong Kong; Joyce Chow, Centre for Civil Society and Governance, the University of Hong Kong

The Role of Civil Society in the New Mexican School Project. Criticism to the governmental disdain. - Adriana Reynaga, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico