ISTR Third International Conference Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland July 8-11, 1998 Conference Abstracts Organized Alphabetically by Author A-B | C-D | E-H | I-L | M-N | O-R | S | T-Z | Panel Sessions |

	Women and Development: The Contribution of the Paraíba Women's Forum in Northeast Brazil By Rachel Joffily Abath ( abath@openline.com.br) and Timothy D. Ireland ( timothy@prpg.ufpb.br)
	Contribución del Tercer Sector al Desarrollo Sustentable en Uruguay. Un estudio de caso: Características del Voluntariado en Uruguay By Martha Aguñín, ( icd@adinet.com.uy) and Graciela Sapriza, ( icd@adinet.com.uy)
	A Public-private Partnership in a Third World Setting: The Case of TDA By Doreen Atkinson ( vdpost@intekom.co.za)
	A Development Problematique: Autonomy, Dependence, and Gender in Interorganizational Development Relations By Lisa Aubrey ( aubre6@oak.cats.ohiou.edu)
	Le Tiers Secteur, Environnement Naturel du Don Fait Aux Inconnus et du Développement Des Libertés Civiles Qu'y Sont Liées By Alejandro Avilés S. ( aaviles@tinet.ch)
	El Tercer Sector Come Ambiente Natural de la Donación Hecha a Extraños y Del Desarrollo de las Libertades Civiles Implicadas en Ella By Alejandro Avilés S. ( aaviles@tinet.ch)

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	Pobreza y Filantropia Empresarial By Beatriz Balian de Tagtachian ( bbt@interserver.col.ar)
	Entrepreneurial NPOs Providing Welfare - An Oxymoron? A Cross National Analysis By Hadara Bar-Mor ( hadarab@oumail.openu.ac.il) and Alceste Santuari ( issan@risc1.gelso.unitn.it)
	Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector as a Community Building Strategy By Carol L. Barbeito ( ardiintl@aol.com)
	Conflict Management Workshops: A Tool to Reduce Interethnic and Intercultural Tensions By David Bargal ( msbargal@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il)
	The Regulation of the Third Sector: A Comparison between Scotland, England and Wales, and Germany By Christine R. Barker ( c.r.barker@dundee.ac.uk)
	Occupational Perspective of Third Sector Organizations in Italy By Andrea Bassi ( iref@acli.it) and Marco Accorinti (iref@acli.it)
	Le Secteur Associatif Dans Le Monde Arabe Entre Les Contraintes Des Systèmes Politiques et Les Demandes Sociétales By Sarah Ben Néfissa ( bennefissa@bondy.orstom.fr)
	Who Gives?: Experimental Evidence About the Effects of Individual Background on Giving By Avner Ben-Ner ( abenner@csom.umn.edu)
	The Citizens' Cane: Global Civil Society, Consumer Politics and the Regulation of International Business By Jem Bendell ( jem.bendell@dial.pipex.com)
	Youth and Third Sector in Uruguay By Analía Bettoni ( icd@adinet.com.uy) and Anabel Cruz ( icd@adinet.com.uy)
	Juventud y Tercer Sector en Uruguay By Analía Bettoni ( icd@adinet.com.uy) and Anabel Cruz ( icd@adinet.com.uy)
	Sustaining Voluntary Action for Development: Socio-Economic Model By Geeta Bharadwaj ( imc@imcnet.org) and Hilla Wadia
	Mixed Management in Social Policy Making: The Case of Rosario, Argentina By Mónica Bifarello ( mbifarel@fcpolit.unr.edu.ar)
	La Gestión Mixta De Políticas Sociales: El Caso De Rosario, Argentina By Mónica Bifarello ( mbifarel@fcpolit.unr.edu.ar)
	Palestinian Non-governmental Organizations Relationship with the Palestinian Authority By Ibrahim Bisharat ( adelinstitute@hotmail.com)
	Blood Donation and the Voluntary Organisation By Lucia Boccacin ( boccacin@mi.unicatt.it)
	Critical Decisions: Health Insurance Nonprofit Organizations Between Solidarity and Market - Lessons from Germany and France By Ingo Bode ( bode@uni-duisburg.de)
	The Contribution of the Third Sector to Social, Economic and Political Change By Silvia Bolos ( silvia.bolos@uia.mx) and Pablo Enriquez ( pablo.enriquez@uia.mx)
	The Characteristics of Workforce in the Area of Services to People -- Overview of an Italian Survey By Carlo Borzaga ( cborzaga@risc1.gelso.unitn.it) and Alceste Santuari ( issan@risc1.gelso.unitn.it)
	Beyond Good Intentions: Tax-Exemptions, Public Funding, and Accountability of Third Sector Organizations in Brazil and in the U.S. By Vera Sylvia Branco ( 6951520@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	Non-profit Management Theory and Practice: The Case of Switzerland By Urs Bumbacher ( vmi@unifr.ch)
	Client Poverty and Participation in Kenyan NGOs' Small Enterprise Programs By Kershaw Burbank, Jr. ( kburbank@eastern.edu)
	Voluntary Action within Mexican Civil Society: Case Study-MIRA por los demás By Jacqueline Butcher de Rivas ( rivasb@mail.internet.com.mx) and Mauricio Guerrero

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	Finessing the Tension: Third Sector Public Policy Advocacy & Government Relations At a Time of Institutional Change. The Case of Idasa's Budget Information Service and Parliamentary Information & Monitoring Service and the New South African Parliament By Richard Calland ( richard@idasact.org.za) and Warren Krafchik ( warren@idasact.org.za)
	El Rol De Las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales (ONG's) En El Proceso De Paz Guatemalteco By Elfidio Cano del Cid ( iniap@guate.net)
	La Universidad Espacio de Encuentro e Interrelación con Diversos Actores de la Sociedad Civil By Margarita Cervantes ( margarita.cervantes.uia.mx) and Laura Mejía ( laura.mejia@uia.mx)
	The Third Sector (Social Economy) and Economic Policy Objectives: How the Third Sector Contributes to Economic Adjustment and Change in the Valencia Region (Spain) By Rafael Chaves ( rafael.chaves@uv.es) and Antoinia Sajardo-Moreno ( antonia.sajardo@uv.es)
	Tercer Sector (Economía Social) y Objetivos de Política Económica: Como Contribuye Aquel al Cambio y Ajuste Económico en la Región le Valencia (España) By Rafael Chaves ( rafael.chaves@uv.es) and Antonia Sajardo-Moreno ( antonia.sajardo@uv.es)
	Interorganizational Conflict in the International Public Sector: Cancer Associations and Support Organizations for Families of Children with Cancer By Mark A. Chesler ( mchesler@umich.edu)
	Leadership in Taiwan's Nonprofit Organizations By Min-Hsiu Chiang ( msjiang@cc.nccu.edu.tw)
	Altruism and the Endurance of the Good By William W. Clohesy ( william.clohesy@uni.edu) The Role of Local Religious Congregations in the Provision of Social Services By Ram A. Cnaan ( cnaan@ssw.upenn.edu)
	The Role of NGOs in Economic and Social Development: The Case of Burkina Faso By Youssoufou Congo ( ycongo@ulg.ac.be)
	Understanding and Stimulating NGO Affiliation With Formal Research Organizations By Christopher Corbett
	Evaluating International Research for its Potential Social Utility By Christopher Corbett
	Social Organizations of the Catholic Church and Land Reform in Brazil By Leopoldo Costa, Jr. ( 6961406@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	Vitalizing Civil Society After State Socialism: How the Development of Nonprofit Sector Services for the Elderly Might Build Social Capital in Croatia By Joanne M. Coury ( jmcoury@acsu.buffalo.edu) and Jasminka Despot Luanin ( damirl@sestra.vmskola.hr)
	The Management of Social Capital By Richard A. Couto ( rcouto@richmond.edu)

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	Institutional Capacity-Building of Environmental NGOs: A Case Study from Honduras By Howard E. Daugherty ( jaguar@yorku.ca) and Robert Learmonth ( rlearmonth@palnasst.org)
	Volunteering and Employability By Justin Davis Smith ( instvolres@aol.com)
	Local Government and Voluntary Organisations in the UK: Managing the Local Relationships By Nicholas Deakin ( n.d.deakin@bham.ac.uk), Lucy Gaster ( l.m.gaster@bham.ac.uk), and Angus McCabe, Moyra Riseborough, Sue Wainwright
	Quantum Physics and Cyberspace: Implications for the Future of the Third Sector in Social and Political Change By Paula DeCoito ( spcpeel@netrover.com)
	Social Economy and Insertion by Work: Lessons of the Belgian Experiment By Jacques Defourny ( j.defourny@ulg.ac.be) and Michel Simon ( michel.simon@ulg.ac.be)
	Économie Sociale et Insertion Par Le Travail: Leçons De L'expérience Belge By Jacques Defourny ( j.defourny@ulg.ac.be) and Michel Simon ( michel.simon@ulg.ac.be)
	Japanese Givers Showed by the Prize for a Machikadono (civic) Philanthropist. A Case Study Through a New Methodology Named CACOP Method By Masayuki Deguchi ( degudchi@soken.ac.jp)
	Foreign and Domestic Non-profit Foundations: Impact on Social Changes for Women-researchers in Russia By Irina Dezhina ( idezh@glasnet.ru)
	Micro Credit for Women through NGO's Intermediation: An Opportunity for Combating Poverty By Dipak P. Dhungel ( anl@mos.com.np)
	A Century of French Women's Work in the Associative Sector: Women as Initiators and Interlocutors in the Development and Implementation of Social Policies (1900-1997) By Evelyne Diebolt ( jed@ccr.jussieu.fr)
	Education for Small Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities; Fostering Sustainable and Balanced Economic Growth By Romuald Domañski ( wsfound@wsf.pol.pl)
	The Irish Third Sector: A Case-Based Exploration of Organisational Growth Patterns and Organisational Dynamics By Gemma Donnelly-Cox ( gdnnllyc@tcd.ie) and Andrew O'Regan ( aoregan@tcd.ie)
	The Politicisation of Disadvantage in the Republic of Ireland: The Role Played by the Third Sector By Freda Donoghue ( fdonoghue@ncirl.ie)

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	Spaces for Empowered Places or Agents of Displacement?: The Contribution of the Third Sector in the Increasing Displacement of the Human Services By Wendy Earles ( wearles@cyllene.uwa.edu.au)
	NGO Behavior and Development Discourse: Cases from India By Alnoor Ebrahim ( alnoor@leland.stanford.edu)
	Globalization, Development, and NGOs Sector in Egypt By Shahida El-Baz

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	Government-Nonprofit Partnerships: A Risky Business? By Andres P. Falconer ( afalconer@dedalus.net)
	Identificacion De La Conceptualizacion De Desarrollo En Una Organizacion Sin Fines De Lucro Con Metas Desarrollo Economico Comunitario: Un Estudio De Caso By Yarira Feliciano-Torres ( yfelici@rrpac.upr.clu.edu) and Josephine Resto-Olivo ( jresto@rrpac.upr.clu.edu)
	Public Attitudes to Charities in the Context of Civil Society: Conceptualising Trust By Natalie Fenton
	El Papel de las Organizaciones No-gubernamentales en la Reforma de Salud en la República Dominicana y en Puerto Rico By Maribel Figueroa Rodríguez ( mfiguer@rrpac.upr.clu.edu) and Guillermo de la Rosa ( insalud@aacr.net)
	Professional Education and the Challenge of Social Inclusion: The Case of NGOs and Government Efforts to the Social Development in the Brazilian Legal Amazon By Rosa Maria Fischer ( rosa@fischerdutra.com.br) and Dalberto Adulis ( dalba@fischerdutra.com.br) and Luciana Jacques Faria ( luciana@fishcerdutra.com.br)
	The Question of Partnership Between Public Agencies and Civil Society in Implantation of Public Policies: A Case Study in Brazil By Rosa Maria Fischer ( rosa@fischerdutra.com.br) and Graziella M. Comini ( gra@fischerdutra.com.br) and Alexandre Lucas Cukier ( alecukier@fischerdutra.com.br)
	Assessing the Performance of Non-governmental Organisations in Sustainable Development: The Case for Quality Not Quantity in International Aid By Alan F. Fowler ( alanfowler@compuserve.com)

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	Emprendimientos Solidarios Comoalternativa Económica Para Los Pobres By Luiz Inácio Gaiger ( gaiger@bage.unisinos.tche.br)
	Community Participation, Empowerment and Social Transformation: An Analysis of NGO Strategies for Poverty Eradication in Uganda By Zie Gariyo ( cbr@imul.com)
	Establishing Moral Character/Market or Third Sector Rules? By David Gendall ( dgendall@waikato.ac.nz)
	An Economic Explanation of the Role of Third-Sector Organizations in the Belgian Home Care Sector By Bruno Gilain ( gilain@ires.ucl.ac.be)
	A Theoretical Exploration of the Social Economy By Phil Gover ( philip.gover@unn.ac.uk)
	Non-Profits, Policymaking Processes, and Democratic Development By Andrew Green
	Managing in the Real World - A Report on Work in Progress By Jon Griffith ( j.griffith@uel.ac.uk)

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	Contemporary Women's Philanthropy in Germany By Marita Haibach ( marita.haibach@t-online.de)
	Economic and Sociological Theories of Individual Charitable Giving: Complementary or Contradictory? By Peter Halfpenny ( p.halfpenny@man.ac.uk)
	The Nonprofit Sector as Safety Valve in the United States: An Historical Interpretation By David C. Hammack ( dhammack@ix.netcom.com)
	How Big is My Backyard?: Altruism versus Self-Interest in the Environmental Debate By Femida Handy ( fhandy@yorku.ca)
	Implementing Partnership in Social Welfare Provision: The Perspective of Third Sector Boards By Margaret Harris ( m.harris@lse.ac.uk)
	Civil Society Development, International NGOs and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria By Yahaya Hashim ( 11305.2622@compuserve.com) and Judith-Ann Walker
	Economic Analysis of the Corporate Philanthropy in Japan By Atsuko Hattori
	European Foundation Centre (EFC) Grants Index Pilot Project By Miles Heggadon ( miles@efc.be)
	Third Sector Growth: New Zealand/Aotearoa and the Liberalisation of the Economy By Maria Humphries ( humphries@waikato.ac.nz)
	The Relationship Between NGOs Membership and Women's Development in Bangladesh By Tarek Mahmud Hussain
	The Contribution of Korean Nonprofit Sector in Enhancing the Human Welfare of Foreign Laborers in Korea By Chang-Soon Hwang ( cshwang@asan.sch.ac.kr)

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	Las Relaciones Internacionales y el Tercer Sector: Perspectivas Teoricas y Nuevos Conceptos By Rosalba Icaza ( rosalbaicaza@hotmail.com)
	The International Relations and the Third Sector: Theoretical Perspectives and New Concepts By Rosalba Icaza ( rosalbaicaza@hotmail.com)

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Peacebuilding in Divided Societies: Grassroots Involvement in Peace Processes in Northern Ireland and Cyprus By Ann-Sofi Jakobsson ( ann-sofi.jakobsson@pcr.uu.se)

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	Civil Society and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights By Isabell Kempf ( ikempf@eclac.cl)
	Social and Political Aspects of the Education System Reform in Russia By Tatiana L. Kliatchko and Lev I. Jakobson ( jakobson@aha.ru)
	"Self Help Group" as an Effective Tool for Combating Poverty and Exclusion - A Case Study By Krishna Kothai
	Civil Strife and Civil Society in India By Lalit Kumar ( lalit@yojana1.delhi.nic.in)

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	The Relationship Between Public Local Authorities and third Sector Organisations in Italy, France and Great Britain By Anna Lafiosca
	Trends to Postnational Governance Among Public and Voluntary Agencies in Europe By John Lansley ( j.w.lansley@liverpool.ac.uk) and Roger Sibeon ( r.sibeon@liverpool.ac.uk)
	An Approach of Third Sector and Welfare Mix in French-Speaking Countries: The "Proximity Services" By Jean-Louis Laville ( crida@infonie.fr)
	Foundations as Fortune Tellers: The Role of 'Sustainability' in Foundations' Pre-grant Inquiries By Diana Leat
	Contemporary Women's Philanthropy in Peru By Rosario Leon ( rosario.leon@worldywca.org)
	The Public & The Private: Poor Assistance in Mid-19th Century France By Barbara Luria Leopold ( bleopold@email.gc.cuny.edu)
	The Contribution of the Third Sector to Democratic Changes in Belarus By Yelena Levchenko ( root@niirm.belpak.gomel.by)
	Bridging the Gap? The Parallel Universes of the Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organisation Research Traditions and the Changing Contexts of Voluntary Action By David Lewis ( d.j.lewis@lse.ac.uk)
	Identidad y Financiación del Tercer Sector en Brasil By Maria Nazaré Lins Barbosa ( 6961521@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	Video y Tercer Sector. La Producción de Imágenes Como Práctica Socioestética By Claudio Lobeto ( claudio@psiant.filo.uba.ar)
	Rebeliones de Indigenas y Excluidos en Tiempos de Globalización: De Sendero al EZLN By Jorge Lora Cam ( jlora@siu.cen.buap.mx)
	Comparative Studies of Volunteering: What Is Being Studied? By Mark Lyons ( mark.lyons@uts.edu.au), Filip Wijkstrom (afw@hhs.se), and Gig Clary ( egclary@pandora.sende.edu)

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	The Current Status of NGOs in China By Qiusha Ma (qxm@po.cwru.edu)
	New Jobs or New Life Politics? Chances of the Third Sector in Two European Societies with High Unemployment By Aila-Leena Matthies ( aila-leena.matthies@sozialwesen.gh-magdeburg.de)
	Third Sector Transformation in An Emerging City State: A Case Study of the Toronto Social Planning Council By Susan McGrath ( smcgrath@yorku.ca) and Peter Clutterbuck (spcmetro@web.net)
	Citizen Empowerment in the "Ottawa Process": Lessons and Challenges A Case of Japan By Motoko Mekata ( qyf04563@niftyserve.or.jp)
	A Co-ordination Model of Local Development: The Case of FEAC By Luiz Carlos Merege ( merege@eaesp.fgvsp.br) and Mario Aquino Alves ( 7951017@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	The Third Sector and New Job Opportunities By Anna M. Alessandra Merlo ( anna.merlo@uni-bocconi.it)
	Nonprofit Organizations and Social Economy: Variations on a Same Theme: Towards a Generic Approach to the Third-Sector By Sybille Mertens ( smertens@ulg.ac.be)
	Organisations nonprofit et économie sociale : variations sur un même thème: Vers une approche générique du tiers-secteur By Sybille Mertens ( smertens@ulg.ac.be)
	Contributions to Compromise: North-South, Third-Sector Environmental Transactions Build Common Ground By Carrie A. Meyer ( cmeyer@gmu.edu)
	Conceptualizing Public Beyond State Limits: The New Relationship Between State-Civil Society And The Third Sector Uprising By Tania Margarete Mezzomo Keinert ( tmmkeinert@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	El Concepto De "Publico" Mas Alla De Los Limites Del Estado: Una Nueva Relacion Estado-Sociedad Y La Emergencia Del Tercer Sector By Tania Margarete Mezzomo Keinert ( tmmkeinert@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	Interactive Conflict Resolution and Civic Advocacy: A Necessary Combination for NGOs in Conflict Zones in Former Soviet Union By Natalia Mirimanova ( nataimagine@glas.apc.org)
	Self Help Groups: Empowering the Vulnerable Towards Sustainable Development By M.S. Moodithaya ( moody@mngnmam.kar.nic.in)
	Combating Social Exclusion and Protecting the Vulnerable: Regulation of Volunteer Recruitment and Practice By Susan R. Moody ( s.r.moody@dundee.ac.uk)
	Management Development for Southern African NGO's: An Evaluation of the Open University's Experience By Jill Mordaunt ( j.mordaunt@open.ac.uk) and Alan Thomas ( a.r.thomas@open.ac.uk)
	The Organisational Capacity of International NGOs in Refugee Situations By Tony Morris ( tony.morris@uts.edu.au)
	Non-profits in the Micro-Credit Business: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations as Intermediate Financial Institutions in Community Development Programs By Lynne Moulton ( lmoulton@eden.rutgers.edu)
	Neutrality in Humanitarian Aid? By Tasneem Mowjee ( t.mowjee@lse.ac.uk) and David Nyheim ( secretariat@fewer.org)
	An Analysis of the Contribution of Women's Non Governmental Organisations to Social, Economic and Political Development of Uganda By Florence Kyoheirwe Muhanguzi ( srp-gaps@infocom.co.ug)
	Interpreting the Changing Role of English Housing Associations: Social Origins and Transformations By David Mullins ( d.w.mullins@bham.ac.uk)
	Élites Y Desarrollo En El Centro De México By Gabriel Muro

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	Grassroots Initiatives in Conflict Resolution By Dani W. Nabudere ( nabudere@hotmail.com)
	The Role of the Third Sector in the Human Welfare of Jordan By Jihad S. Nabulsi
	The Palestinian NGO Project: A Case Study on the Role of NGOs in Economic Development By Nitza Nachmias ( nitzanac@netvision.net.il)
	Pakistan's Search For Sustainable Development: The Policy Influence of NGOs By Adil Najam ( anajam@bu.edu)
	NGOs and Participation: The Impact of NGOs-State Relation on the Participation of Beneficiaries of Sustainable Development Projects By Alejandro Natal-Martínez ( anatal@cmq.colmex.mx)
	Governing The Commons When You Have Little In Common By Barbara J. Nelson ( nelson@sppsr.ucla.edu) and Linda Kaboolian ( kaboolia@ix.netcom.com)
	Surviving the Odds: The Anatomy of Conflict in the Cradle of Man By Mutahi Ngunyi and Musambayi Katumanga ( ipar@arcc.or.ke)
	Self-help Groups - A Solution for Social Problems? By Marianne Nylund ( marianne.nylund@helsinki.fi)

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	Oxford: Martin Child Welfare Advocacy in Ireland: An Audit of the Voluntary Sector Contribution in the Two Jurisdictions of Ireland; Benchmarked against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 By Kerry O'Halloran ( kj.ohalloran@ulst.ac.uk)
	Microeconomic Reform and the Third Sector - The Australian Experience By Deirdre O'Neill ( deirdre.oneill@buseco.monash.edu.au) and Linda McGuire ( linda.mcguire@buseco.monash.edu.au)
	Towards a Sustainable NGO-government Relationship in Africa: Perspectives from Ghana By Paul Opoku-Mensah
	"Inside" and "Outside" Reciprocity of Environmental Third Sector Organizations By Giorgio Osti ( ostigiorgio@rool.it)

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	Partnership Experiences Between State and NGOs: Continuity or Social and Political Change? By Ana Paula Paes de Paula ( appala@uol.com.br)
	Concertacion Contratacion Y Gestion Entre Ongs El Gobierno Local By Melba Pinedo Guerra ( asongs@avan.net)
	Cooperation Between Nonprofit Sector and the Government By Krystyna Piotrowska-Marczak ( kfib@krysia.uni.lodz.pl) and Krystyna Kiteliska ( kfib@krysia.uni.lodz.pl)
	The Irish Third Sector and Collaboration with the State: A Case Study on the Redefinition of Civic Virtue By Fred Powell and Donal Guerin ( d.guerin@ucc.ie)
	Community Development Projects Organizational Development and Effectiveness By Patricia Prendiville ( pprendiv@iol.ie)
	Bowling Alone or Bowling Together? Membership Decline in Voluntary Organizations in Germany By Eckhard Priller and Annette Zimmer ( cis.german@utoronto.ca)

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Civil Society? Uncivil Religion? By Edward L. Queen II ( equeen@indyvax.iupui.edu)

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	Tossing the Coin? Employers and Disabled People in Britain on 'Charity' By Gillian Reynolds ( g.m.reynolds@staffs.ac.uk)
	The Use of Action Research as a Tool for Qualitative Analysis of Social, Economic and Political Change: International Perspectives on Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Third Sector By Kelly Rochow ( c9224009@cc.newcastle.edu.au) and Jakki McLean ( jmclean@mail.newcastle.edu.au)
	The Impact of the Cold War on Foundations, Academic Associations, and Asian Area Studies: The American Council of Learned Societies, 1945 to 1965 By Ariel Rosenblum ( aros@loc.gov)
	The Subsidiarity Principle, the Third Sector and Personalised Social Services: A European Comparison By Giovanna Rossi ( grossi@mi.unicatt.it)
	New Public, Private and Third Sector Mix in Eastern Europe: The Role of the Third Sector in Conceptualization and Implementation of Social Policy Programs since 1989 By Miroslav Ruzica ( mruzica@iupui.edu)
	Serbian Third Sector at a Crossroads: A Bridge to Europe, a Weak 'Alternative', or How to Make it Sustainable? By Miroslav Ruzica ( mruzica@iupui.edu), Marija Kolin ( kolin@afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu), Zarko Paunovic ( crnps@opennet.org), and Branka Petrovic ( crnps@opennet.org)

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	Relationships Between Organizational Properties and Service Effectiveness in Nonprofit Organizations By Hillel Schmid ( mshsmid@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il)
	The Future of Labor and the Third Sector: The Role of Cooperative Organizations By Sebastian Schnyder
	Responding to Social Exclusion in Rural Areas - The Role of the Third Sector By Duncan W. Scott ( d.scott@man.ac.uk)
	Resurgent Society or Civil Society? Reflections on a Case Study from the Republic of Benin By Sally J. Scott ( sj2scott@bellatlantic.net)
	The Dilemmas of the Para-Governmental Arena in Brazilian Local Government: An Analysis of Innovative Practices By Rosane Segantin Keppke ( 6961525@eaesp.fgvsp.br) and Peter Kevin Spink ( spink@eaesp.fgvsp.br)
	Institution Builiding in Potemkin Style: Why Nonprofit Organizations are Both Absent and Successful in Post-socialist Societies By Wolfgang Seibel ( wolfgang.seibel@uni-konstanz.de)
	Membership and Democracy: Should we Take Passive Support Seriously? By Per Selle ( per.selle@los.uib.no) and Kristin Strømsnes ( kristin.stromsnes@los.uib.no)
	Education and Community Development: The Experience of an International Third Sector Organization Operating in the Cuban Jewish Community By Roby Senderowitsch ( roby@mci2000.com)
	Educación Y Desarrollo Comunitario: La Experiencia De Una Organización Internacional Del Tercer Sector Operando En La Comunidad Hebrea De Cuba By Roby Senderowitsch ( roby@mci2000.com)
	Organismos Privados de Desarrollo en el Area de Promoción Humana en Chile By Claudia Serrano ( cieplan@ctcreuna.cl)
	Private Development Agencies in the Field of Human Development in Chile By Claudia Serrano ( cieplan@ctcreuna.cl)
	The Democratization Industry in the United States: USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the Nonprofit and For-Profit Democratization Contractors By Ronald G. Shaiko ( rshaiko@usaid.gov)
	Third Sector Organizations and Policy Making: The Case of Palestinian NGOs By Salma A. Shawa
	The Evolution of the Public Support of Non-profit Organizations in Transitional Society By Sergey Shishkin ( iet@online.ru)
	Legal Mechanisms to Encourage Development Partnerships By Karla W. Simon ( ksimon@icnl.org) and Leon Irish ( lirish@worldbank.org)
	Soliciting the Warm Glow: An Economic Model of Fundraising By Al Slivinski ( aslivins@julian.uwo.ca) and Richard Steinberg ( rsteinbe@iupui.edu)
	The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Democratic Transitions in the Third World: A Theoretical Proposition and Empirical Test By Zeric Kay Smith ( zksmith@sc.edu)
	The Relations Between Public Solidarity and Private Solidarities: Communicating Vessels or Conflictual Cooperation By Marc-Henry Soulet ( doris.gehring@unifr.ch)
	Self-Help and Support Groups and Their Contribution to Health and Social Well-Being in a Divided Society: A Report on a Study Being Conducted in Londonderry, Northern Ireland By Jenny Sproule ( jem.sproule@ulst.ac.uk)
	Third Sector in India: An Analysis of Trends and Challenges By T. N. Sreedhara ( root@mnglr.ernet.in)
	Third Sector Restructuring--Voluntary Service Organizations in the Greek Welfare Mix By Olga Stassinopoulou ( olstas@panteion.gr)
	Human Service Nonprofits and Political Advocacy By Deborah Sturtevant ( sturtevant@hope.edu)
	Accommodating Political Activity in the Tax-Exempt Third Sector By Stephen Swann ( s.j.a.swann@dundee.ac.uk)

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	Comparative Research on Federated Fund-Rasing Systems in Japan and the USA By Hironori Tarumi ( tarumi@imperial.or.jp)
	The Impact of Macro-Economic Crises on Local NGOs By Nuno Themudo ( n.d.themudo@lse.ac.uk)
	State Influence and the Institutional Structuring of Nonprofit Organizations: The Case of Greece By Sophia Tsakraklides ( sophia.p.tsakraklides@yale.edu)
	Development of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations in Russia By Maria Tysiachniouk ( plotniko@ief.spb.su) and Alexander Karpov ( ask@spbsn2.spb.org or ask@val1.usr.pu.ru)

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	Innovation in Public Services by Nonprofits in Hungary By Ágnes Vajda ( h9796vaj@ella.hu)
	Beyond the End of Work: An Interim Report on a Third Sector Policy Initiative By Jon Van Til ( vantil@crab.rutgers.edu), Arthur P. Williamson ( ap.williamson@ulst.ac.uk), and David A. Pettrone Swalve
	Una Respuesta Innovadora al Problema de la Exclusión Social: Las Empresad Sociales By Isabel Vidal ( ividal@campus.uoc.es)
	Women's Participation in the Third Sector in Argentina: Present and Future Trends By Anahí Viladrich ( av93@columbia.edu)
	Nonprofit Incubators: Comparative Models for Nurturing New Third Sector Organizations By Diane Vinokur-Kaplan ( dkv@umich.edu) and Joseph A. 'Jay' Connor
	Los Derechos de Niños y Adolescentes: Estado y ONGs By Carmela Vives ( carme@psiant.filo.uba.ar)

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	The Structure of Charitable Giving in Switzerland By Ruth Wagner ( ruudi@wagner.net)
	The State and the Voluntary Sector in Combating Rural Poverty: An Assessment of Women's Groups in Western Kenya By Fredrick O. Wanyama
	Accounting for Institutional Relations Between Market, State and the Third Sector By Deena White ( whitedee@ere.umontreal.ca)
	The Third Sector in Ireland's Two Jurisdictions: A Policy Analysis By Arthur Williamson ( ap.williamson@ulst.ac.uk)

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Estimating the Size and Direction By Naoto Yamauchi ( yamauchi@econ.osaka-u.ac.jp) and Motoko Mekata

Panel Sessions

	Panel Session THE NEW WELFARE MIX IN EUROPE Ugo Ascoli, Chair ( ascoli@matstat.union.it)
	Panel Session THE NEW WELFARE MIX IN EUROPE - From Contract Culture to Best Value: The UK Case By Marilyn Taylor ( mt49@brighton.ac.uk)
	Panel Session THE NEW WELFARE MIX IN EUROPE - The Liberty Which Is Given by Retreat: The Changing Contract Culture in the Provision of Social Services in Germany By Adalbert Evers ( adalbert.evers@uni-giessen.de) and Christoph Strunck
	Panel Session THE NEW WELFARE MIX IN EUROPE - The Role of the Third Sector in the Privatization of the Welfare: The Case of Italy By Costanzo Ranci ( costanzo.ranci@polimi.it)
	Panel Session THE NEW WELFARE MIX IN EUROPE - Dilemmas of the New Contract Culture: The Case of Norway By Per Selle ( per.selle@los.uib.no)
	Panel Session PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF "WHO IS A VOLUNTEER": AN EXAMINATION OF THE NET COST APPROACH FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE By Ram A. Cnaan, Chair ( cnaan@ssw.upenn.edu), Femida Handy ( fhandy@yorku.ca), Ugo Ascoli ( ascoli@matstat.union.it), Jeff Brudney ( jbrudney@uga.cc.uga.edu), Lucas C.P.M. Meijs ( l.meys@fac.fbk.eur.nl), and Bhagayshree Randade
	Panel Session PEACE/CONFLICT RESOLUTION ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN IRELAND, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS By Adrian Guelke, Chair ( a.guelke@queens-belfast.ac.uk), Rupert Taylor ( 064rlt@muse.wits.ac.za), Seamus Dunn ( ja.dunn@ulst.ac.uk), Tamar Herman ( steinmet@ccsg.tau.ac.il), Manuel Hassassian ( mhassass@bethlehem.edu)
	Panel Session POLITICAL ADVOCACY BY SWEDISH AND AMERICAN THIRD SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS By Richard Hoefer, Chair ( rhoefer@utarlg.uta.edu), Femida Handy (,a href="mailto:fhandy@yorku.ca"> fhandy@yorku.ca), Kerry O'Halloran ( kj.ohalloran@ulst.ac.uk), Deborah Sturtevant ( sturtevant@hope.edu)
	Panel Session WOMEN, POLITICAL CULTURE, AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY By Kathleen D. McCarthy, Chair ( philanthropy@email.gc.cuny.edu) Kathryn Kish Sklar ( kksklar@binghamton.edu), Marina Liborakina ( feminist@glas.apc.org), Per Selle ( per.selle@los.uib.no) and Andrés Thompson ( aat@wkkf.org), Commentators
	Panel Session WOMEN, POLITICAL CULTURE, AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY -- Women's Voluntary Organizations and the Passage of Social Legislation in the U.S., 1890-1930 By Kathryn Kish Sklar ( kksklar@binghamton.edu)
	Panel Session WOMEN, POLITICAL CULTURE, AND SOCIAL ADVOCACY -- The Unappreciated Mothers of Civil Society: Eastern and Central Europe By Marina Liborakina ( feminist@glas.apc.org)
	Panel Session BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR THE NONPROFIT SECTOR: THE STATE OF NATIONAL STATISTICS IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, HUNGARY, SWEDEN, AND THE U.S.A. By Paul Reed, Chair ( reedpau@statcan.ca), Virginia Hodgkinson ( hodgkinv@gunet.georgetown.edu), Eva Kuti ( h13834kut@ella.hu), Mark Lyons ( mark.lyons@uts.edu.au), and Filip Wilkstrom (afw@hhs.se)
	Panel Session THE NONPROFIT SECTOR IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: PHASE II OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS COMPARATIVE NONPROFIT SECTOR PROJECT By Lester M. Salamon ( lsalamon@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu) and Helmut K. Anheier ( hanheier@aol.com), Panel Chairs
	Panel Session WHEN DEMOCRATIZATION STALLS: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE REGIME IN INDIA, PAKISTAN, NIGERIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA By John Seiler, Chair ( jjseiler@global.co.za) and Mohammed Waseem, Hein Marais, O.C. Nwokedi
	Panel Session THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THIRD SECTOR TO CULTURAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- Co-sponsored by the European Journal of Cultural Policy By Stefan Toepler, Chair ( stoepler@jhu.edu), Vesna Copic ( vesnacopic@mk.sigov.mail.si), Lev Jakobson ( jakobson@aha.ru), Boris Rudnik, Virgil Nitulescu, Rupert Graf Strachwitz, Éva Kuti ( h13834kut@ella.hu) and Brenda Gainer ( bgainer@bus.yorku.ca), Discussants
	Panel Session THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THIRD SECTOR TO CULTURAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- Desetatization of Public Cultural Infrastructure in Order to Develop Third Sector in Culture By Vesna Copic ( vesnacopic@mk.sigov.mail.si)
	Panel Session THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THIRD SECTOR TO CULTURAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- The Emergence of the Third Sector in the Sphere of Culture in Russia By Lev I. Jakobson ( jakobson@aha.ru) and Boris L. Rudnik
	Panel Session THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THIRD SECTOR TO CULTURAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- New Trends in Romanian Cultural Policy. The Role of Private Initiative By Virgil Stefan Nitulescu
	Panel Session THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THIRD SECTOR TO CULTURAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- Cultural Change in Germany, 1988- 1998 By Rupert Graf Strachwitz

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