Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Fate of the Commons

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Civil Society, Philanthropy, and the Fate of the Commons Bruce R. Sievers Tufts University Press Medford, Massachusetts Published by University Press of New England Hanover and London Tufts University Press Published by University Press of New England One Court Street, Lebanon NH 03766 www.upne.com© 2010 by Trustees of Tufts College All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Doug Tifft Typeset in Minion Pro and Scala Sans by Michelle Grald University Press of New England is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. For permission to reproduce any of the material in this book, contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon NH 03766; or visit www.upne.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sievers, Bruce R. Civil society, philanthropy, and the fate of the commons / Bruce R. Sievers. p. cm.—(Civil society, historical and contemporary perspectives) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58465-851-1 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-58465-895-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Civil society. 2. Civil society—History. 3. Common good. 4. Social service. I. Title. JC337.S555 2010 300—dc22 2009045127 5 4 3 2 1 To the memory of my parents Dorothy and Ed Sievers, humanistic engineers ...