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Global 'Civil Society': Not Inevitable

By LESLIE LENKOWSKY

As the third millennium dawns, the prospects for the growth of "civil society" have never seemed brighter. Throughout the world, nations are looking increasingly to non-profit organizations rather than to government to provide public services.

In countries that have lacked them, grant-making foundations are now springing up and...

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