Recently the topic of civil society has generated a wave of interest, and a wealth of new information. Until now no publication has attempted to organize and consolidate this knowledge. The __**International Encyclopedia of Civil Society**__ fills this gap, establishing a common set of understandings and terminology, and an analytical starting point for future research. Global in scope and authoritative in content, the Encyclopedia offers succinct summaries of core concepts and theories; definitions of terms; biographical entries on important figures and organizational profiles. In addition, it serves as a reliable and up-to-date guide to additional sources of information. In sum, the Encyclopedia provides an overview of the contours of civil society, social capital, philanthropy and nonprofits across cultures and historical periods. For researchers in nonprofit and civil society studies, political science, economics, management and social enterprise, this is the most systematic appraisal of a rapidly growing field. Renewed and growing interest in the topic of civil society has generated a wealth of new information and knowledge on the subject, but until now, there was no comprehensive reference work to organize and consolidate this knowledge. The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society will fill this gap, creating a framework for cross-disciplinary communication by providing succinct summaries of concepts and theories, definitions of terms, biographical entries, and organizational profiles. It will also serve as a guide to sources of information, and an overview of the contours of civil society, social capital, philanthropy and nonprofits in different parts of the world, and across cultures and historical periods. The key purpose of the encyclopedia is to provide a common set of understandings and a terminological and analytical starting point for the future development in the growing field of civil society studies worldwide. At the international level, the encyclopedia will represent the most systematic intellectual stocktaking of a growing and rapidly developing field. The International Encyclopedia of Civil Society will have considerable appeal to researchers in nonprofit and civil society studies, political science, economics, management studies, social enterprise as well as development studies programs Introduction....Pages 3-8 Linearly compact modules and almost maximal rings....Pages 9-13 h-Local domains....Pages 14-22 Valuation rings and Bezout rings....Pages 23-28 Basic facts about FGC rings and the local case....Pages 29-36 Further facts about FGC rings and Torch rings....Pages 37-43 The Zariski and Patch topologies of the spectrum of a ring....Pages 44-48 The Stone-Cech compactification of N....Pages 49-57 Relating topology to the decomposition of modules....Pages 58-63 The main theorem....Pages 64-71 Valuations....Pages 72-81 Long power series rings....Pages 82-87 Maximally complete valuation domains....Pages 88-96 Examples of maximal valuation rings....Pages 97-97 Examples of almost maximal Bezout domains....Pages 98-107 Examples of Torch rings....Pages 108-109 Establishing a common set of understandings and terminology, and an analytical starting point for research in civil society, this title offers summaries of concepts and theories and definitions of terms. It provides an overview of the contours of civil society, social capital, philanthropy and nonprofits across cultures and historical periods.
