Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia, and Senior Scholar at the centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION, 1 Civil Society, Democracy, and Corporatism in the Third World, PART II: THEORY AND CONCEPTS, 2 Civil Society: History and Meaning(s), 3 Corporatist Systems of Civil Society, PART III: CASE STUDIES IN CIVIL SOCIETY, 4 Sub-Saharan Africa, 5 East Asia, 6 Latin America, 7 The Middle East and Islamic Society, PART IV: CONCLUSION, 8 Is Civil Society Exportable?: The American Model and Third World Development