Wolfgang Dörner is an independent consultant and researcher, and a PhD candidate at the University of Siena, Italy. Regina A. List is a researcher, writer and editor, working independently and with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany.

• Series Introduction - Michael Hoelscher and Lorenzo FioramontiForeword - Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen ParticipationList of tables AND FIGURESChapter 1. Civil Society, Conflict and Violence: An Introduction - Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A ListChapter 2. Measuring Civil Society Globally with the CSI - Michael Hoelscher and Thomas LauxChapter 3. Exploring Civil Society in Conflict and Post-Conflict Countries: A Continuum to Peace - Tracy AndersonChapter 4. An Exploratory Analysis of Civil Society and Transitional Justice - Tricia D Olsen, Leigh A Payne and Andrew G ReiterChapter 5. Civil society, Conflict Resolution and Post-conflict Reconstruction in Kosovo and Liberia - David KodeChapter 6. The Law, Security and Civil Society Freedoms - Brett J Kyle and Mandeep S TiwanaChapter 7. Violence in Civil Society: Insights from the CIVICUS Civil Society Index Databases - Anaël Labigne and Anne NassauerChapter 8. Conclusion - Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A ListNO GlossaryAppendicesIndexAbout the authors and editorsTracy Anderson, at the time of writing, was a Research Officer for CIVICUS and worked on the CSI project 2008-2011 phase. Wolfgang Dörner is an independent consultant and is finishing his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP), Faculty of Political Science, University of Siena, Italy. Michael Hoelscher (PhD, FU Berlin) is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and at the Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. David E Kode is a Policy Officer at CIVICUS and a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Africa's International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.. Brett J Kyle is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Anaël Labigne is a PhD candidate at the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), Germany and has been visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA in 2010/11. Thomas Laux is a PhD candidate and member of the PhD Programme 'Boundaries of Civil Society' at the Max Weber Institute of Sociology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Regina A. List is a researcher, writer and editor, working independently and with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany. Anne Nassauer is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences and at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Tricia D Olsen is an Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, USA. Leigh A Payne is Professor of Sociology and Latin America at the University of Oxford, UK and a Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, USA. Andrew G Reiter is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. Mandeep Tiwana is the Policy Manager at CIVICUS.

Wolfgang Dörner is an independent consultant and researcher, and a PhD candidate at the University of Siena, Italy. Regina A. List is a researcher, writer and editor, working independently and with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany.

• Series Introduction - Michael Hoelscher and Lorenzo FioramontiForeword - Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen ParticipationList of tables AND FIGURESChapter 1. Civil Society, Conflict and Violence: An Introduction - Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A ListChapter 2. Measuring Civil Society Globally with the CSI - Michael Hoelscher and Thomas LauxChapter 3. Exploring Civil Society in Conflict and Post-Conflict Countries: A Continuum to Peace - Tracy AndersonChapter 4. An Exploratory Analysis of Civil Society and Transitional Justice - Tricia D Olsen, Leigh A Payne and Andrew G ReiterChapter 5. Civil society, Conflict Resolution and Post-conflict Reconstruction in Kosovo and Liberia - David KodeChapter 6. The Law, Security and Civil Society Freedoms - Brett J Kyle and Mandeep S TiwanaChapter 7. Violence in Civil Society: Insights from the CIVICUS Civil Society Index Databases - Anaël Labigne and Anne NassauerChapter 8. Conclusion - Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A ListNO GlossaryAppendicesIndexAbout the authors and editorsTracy Anderson, at the time of writing, was a Research Officer for CIVICUS and worked on the CSI project 2008-2011 phase. Wolfgang Dörner is an independent consultant and is finishing his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP), Faculty of Political Science, University of Siena, Italy. Michael Hoelscher (PhD, FU Berlin) is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and at the Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. David E Kode is a Policy Officer at CIVICUS and a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Africa's International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.. Brett J Kyle is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Anaël Labigne is a PhD candidate at the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), Germany and has been visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA in 2010/11. Thomas Laux is a PhD candidate and member of the PhD Programme 'Boundaries of Civil Society' at the Max Weber Institute of Sociology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Regina A. List is a researcher, writer and editor, working independently and with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany. Anne Nassauer is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences and at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Tricia D Olsen is an Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, USA. Leigh A Payne is Professor of Sociology and Latin America at the University of Oxford, UK and a Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, USA. Andrew G Reiter is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. Mandeep Tiwana is the Policy Manager at CIVICUS.

Wolfgang Dörner is an independent consultant and researcher, and a PhD candidate at the University of Siena, Italy. Regina A. List is a researcher, writer and editor, working independently and with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany.

• Series Introduction - Michael Hoelscher and Lorenzo FioramontiForeword - Ingrid Srinath, Secretary General, CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen ParticipationList of tables AND FIGURESChapter 1. Civil Society, Conflict and Violence: An Introduction - Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A ListChapter 2. Measuring Civil Society Globally with the CSI - Michael Hoelscher and Thomas LauxChapter 3. Exploring Civil Society in Conflict and Post-Conflict Countries: A Continuum to Peace - Tracy AndersonChapter 4. An Exploratory Analysis of Civil Society and Transitional Justice - Tricia D Olsen, Leigh A Payne and Andrew G ReiterChapter 5. Civil society, Conflict Resolution and Post-conflict Reconstruction in Kosovo and Liberia - David KodeChapter 6. The Law, Security and Civil Society Freedoms - Brett J Kyle and Mandeep S TiwanaChapter 7. Violence in Civil Society: Insights from the CIVICUS Civil Society Index Databases - Anaël Labigne and Anne NassauerChapter 8. Conclusion - Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A ListNO GlossaryAppendicesIndexAbout the authors and editorsTracy Anderson, at the time of writing, was a Research Officer for CIVICUS and worked on the CSI project 2008-2011 phase. Wolfgang Dörner is an independent consultant and is finishing his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP), Faculty of Political Science, University of Siena, Italy. Michael Hoelscher (PhD, FU Berlin) is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and at the Centre for Social Investment, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK. David E Kode is a Policy Officer at CIVICUS and a doctoral candidate at the Centre for Africa's International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.. Brett J Kyle is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Anaël Labigne is a PhD candidate at the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies (BTS), Germany and has been visiting scholar at Columbia University, USA in 2010/11. Thomas Laux is a PhD candidate and member of the PhD Programme 'Boundaries of Civil Society' at the Max Weber Institute of Sociology at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Regina A. List is a researcher, writer and editor, working independently and with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany. Anne Nassauer is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences and at the Institute of Social Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. Tricia D Olsen is an Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, USA. Leigh A Payne is Professor of Sociology and Latin America at the University of Oxford, UK and a Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, USA. Andrew G Reiter is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA. Mandeep Tiwana is the Policy Manager at CIVICUS.