NORMAN A. GRAHAM Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityLOUIS D. HUNT Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityOKECHUKWU C. IHEDURU Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityFOLKE LINDAHL Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigam State UniversityALBELARDO MOLRALES-GAMBOA Researcher and Professor associated with Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO) in Costa RicaJUAN PABLO PÉREZ SAINZ Researcher, FLASCO, Cost RicaKIMBERLY STANTON Program Officer, Program on Peace and International Cooperation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationJONAS ZONINSEIN Associate Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University

'The book contains many interesting and useful insights... any serious student of civil society should read this book.' - Barry Knight, Secretary to the Foundation for Civil Society, Alliance

• List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Civil Society and Globalization: The Investigation of Contested Concepts; M.G.Schechter PART ONE: THE MULTIPLE AND EVOLVING MEANINGS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBALIZATION Civil Society and the Idea of a Commercial Republic; L.D.Hunt Global Civil Society and Theories of International Political Economy; J.Zoninsein Globalization and Civil Society; M.G.Schechter PART TWO: GLOBALIZATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY: GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES Globalization and Transnational Underground Economic Activities: Consequences for States and Civil Societies; O.C.Iheduru Globalization and Civil Society in Hungary and the Czech Republic; N.A.Graham Civil Society, the State and Caribbean Political Culture: Trinidad and Guyana; F.Lindahl Civil Society and the Regional Labyrinth in Central America; A.Morales-Gamboa Between the Global and the Local: Community Economies in Central America; J.P.P.Sainz PART THREE: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD Promoting Civil Society: Reflections on Concepts and Practice; K.Stanton Index

NORMAN A. GRAHAM Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityLOUIS D. HUNT Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityOKECHUKWU C. IHEDURU Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityFOLKE LINDAHL Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigam State UniversityALBELARDO MOLRALES-GAMBOA Researcher and Professor associated with Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO) in Costa RicaJUAN PABLO PÉREZ SAINZ Researcher, FLASCO, Cost RicaKIMBERLY STANTON Program Officer, Program on Peace and International Cooperation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationJONAS ZONINSEIN Associate Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University

'The book contains many interesting and useful insights... any serious student of civil society should read this book.' - Barry Knight, Secretary to the Foundation for Civil Society, Alliance

• List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Civil Society and Globalization: The Investigation of Contested Concepts; M.G.Schechter PART ONE: THE MULTIPLE AND EVOLVING MEANINGS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBALIZATION Civil Society and the Idea of a Commercial Republic; L.D.Hunt Global Civil Society and Theories of International Political Economy; J.Zoninsein Globalization and Civil Society; M.G.Schechter PART TWO: GLOBALIZATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY: GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES Globalization and Transnational Underground Economic Activities: Consequences for States and Civil Societies; O.C.Iheduru Globalization and Civil Society in Hungary and the Czech Republic; N.A.Graham Civil Society, the State and Caribbean Political Culture: Trinidad and Guyana; F.Lindahl Civil Society and the Regional Labyrinth in Central America; A.Morales-Gamboa Between the Global and the Local: Community Economies in Central America; J.P.P.Sainz PART THREE: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD Promoting Civil Society: Reflections on Concepts and Practice; K.Stanton Index

NORMAN A. GRAHAM Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityLOUIS D. HUNT Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityOKECHUKWU C. IHEDURU Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityFOLKE LINDAHL Assistant Professor, James Madison College, Michigam State UniversityALBELARDO MOLRALES-GAMBOA Researcher and Professor associated with Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO) in Costa RicaJUAN PABLO PÉREZ SAINZ Researcher, FLASCO, Cost RicaKIMBERLY STANTON Program Officer, Program on Peace and International Cooperation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationJONAS ZONINSEIN Associate Professor of International Relations, James Madison College, Michigan State University

'The book contains many interesting and useful insights... any serious student of civil society should read this book.' - Barry Knight, Secretary to the Foundation for Civil Society, Alliance

• List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Civil Society and Globalization: The Investigation of Contested Concepts; M.G.Schechter PART ONE: THE MULTIPLE AND EVOLVING MEANINGS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBALIZATION Civil Society and the Idea of a Commercial Republic; L.D.Hunt Global Civil Society and Theories of International Political Economy; J.Zoninsein Globalization and Civil Society; M.G.Schechter PART TWO: GLOBALIZATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY: GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE CASE STUDIES Globalization and Transnational Underground Economic Activities: Consequences for States and Civil Societies; O.C.Iheduru Globalization and Civil Society in Hungary and the Czech Republic; N.A.Graham Civil Society, the State and Caribbean Political Culture: Trinidad and Guyana; F.Lindahl Civil Society and the Regional Labyrinth in Central America; A.Morales-Gamboa Between the Global and the Local: Community Economies in Central America; J.P.P.Sainz PART THREE: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD Promoting Civil Society: Reflections on Concepts and Practice; K.Stanton Index