Victor A. Pestoff is Guest Professor at the Civil Society Research Unit at Ersta Skondal University College, Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of Co-production: The Third Sector and the Delivery of Public Services, also published by Routledge.

'At a time of deficits of the democratic political system Viktor Pestoff offers a critical and fundamental insight: the solution is to promote a greater role for the third sector and full-range citizen participation or even empowerment in public policy making and service provision.' Gyorgy Jenei (Corvinus University, Budapest)

• 1. Making Citizenship Meaningful in the 21st Century Part I: Social Economy Actors 2. The Future of Cooperatives in Post-Industrial Societies 3. The Development and Future of the Social Economy in Sweden Part II: Major Issues for the Welfare State 4. Balancing Profit and Social Goals in Public/Private Partnerships 5. Work Environment, Service Quality & the Third Sector 6. Consumer Perspectives on the Social Economy and Civil Society 7. Democratizing Medical & Health Care – the Japanese Example 8. Co-Production of Welfare Services: Childcare in Eight European Countries Part: III Revisiting the Third Sector and State 9. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Democratic Theory 10. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Welfare Theory 11. Hurdles to the Third Sector & Democratization of the Welfare State Part IV The Politics of Participation in European Welfare States 12. The Politics of Participation in European Welfare States

Victor A. Pestoff is Guest Professor at the Civil Society Research Unit at Ersta Skondal University College, Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of Co-production: The Third Sector and the Delivery of Public Services, also published by Routledge.

'At a time of deficits of the democratic political system Viktor Pestoff offers a critical and fundamental insight: the solution is to promote a greater role for the third sector and full-range citizen participation or even empowerment in public policy making and service provision.' Gyorgy Jenei (Corvinus University, Budapest)

• 1. Making Citizenship Meaningful in the 21st Century Part I: Social Economy Actors 2. The Future of Cooperatives in Post-Industrial Societies 3. The Development and Future of the Social Economy in Sweden Part II: Major Issues for the Welfare State 4. Balancing Profit and Social Goals in Public/Private Partnerships 5. Work Environment, Service Quality & the Third Sector 6. Consumer Perspectives on the Social Economy and Civil Society 7. Democratizing Medical & Health Care – the Japanese Example 8. Co-Production of Welfare Services: Childcare in Eight European Countries Part: III Revisiting the Third Sector and State 9. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Democratic Theory 10. Revisiting the Third Sector and State in Welfare Theory 11. Hurdles to the Third Sector & Democratization of the Welfare State Part IV The Politics of Participation in European Welfare States 12. The Politics of Participation in European Welfare States