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Growing Civil Society explores the role of voluntary action and nonprofit organization in contemporary America. Key to the book is the concept of ""third space"", which provides an important tool for the construction of civil society. The third space is not independent from society's major institutions, but exists in dynamic interdependence with them, linking individuals in their home bases of family and community to the larger governmental and economic structures within which all citizens, workers, and consumers learn to seek their way in modern society.

The book is divided into six pans: Part One introduces and maps the third sector. Parts Two, Three, and Four consider the interrelations between the third sector and the other major sectors of society: government, business, and culture. Part Five considers the role of the third space, to which third sector organizations may importantly contribute in the quest for meaning and justice in social life. Part Six presents a way of looking at building a truly civil society by means of individual and organizational action.

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"Creatively reframing now-familiar concepts of civil society, third sector, and social capital, Van Til builds a compelling argument for a 'third space,' where individuals and organizations come together to reflect and act to create the community and society they need." --Susan Ostrander, Tufts University

"Van Til's book is a valuable and refreshing contribution to the increasingly important question of how, and in what ways, the non-market, non-governmental associations of civil society contribute to social goods and goals." --Mark Warren, Georgetown University

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Jon Van Til is Professor of Urban Studies and Community Planning at Rutgers University, Camden. He chaired the Urban Studies Department from 1974 to 1986, and is co-founder of the graduate program in public policy at his campus. Currently he directs the Urban Studies department's innovative program in Citizenship and Service Education (Camden ACE).

Van Til's books include Critical Issues in American Philanthropy (1990), Mapping the Third Sector: Voluntarism in a Changing Social Economy (1988), Nonprofit Boards of Directors (co-edited with Robert Herman, 1988), Shifting the Debate: Public/Private Sector Relations in the Modern Welfare State (co-edited with Susan Ostrander and Stuart Langton, 1987).

Van Til also writes a regular column in the NonProfit Times, the major trade magazine for the nonprofit sector, and has published in a variety of scholarly journals including Social Work, Transaction/Society, and the Urban Affairs Quarterly.

Van Til served as Editor-in-Chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (formerly the Journal of Voluntary Action Research) from 1978 through 1992.

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