* I apologize for any cross-posting* GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY: DIMENSIONS OF THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, a new book from the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, provides the first-ever country-by-country analysis of the scope, structure, and financing of the nonprofit sector around the world using systematic comparative data. With new data on nonprofit employment, volunteering, expenditures, and revenues, this 511-page volume also provides a comparative overview of the countries covered and documents recent trends in sector size and composition in a subset of these countries. GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY is essential reading for nonprofit and foundation leaders, public policy makers, educators, and others interested in nonprofit activity around the world. For information or to order: Website: http://jhu.edu/~ccss or e-mail: [log in to unmask] Cost: $34.95 plus $5.00 postage for first book and $2.00 postage for each additional copy. Erin B. Lynch Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies Center for Civil Society Studies Wyman Building, Fifth Floor 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 Phone: 410-516-7182 Fax: 410-516-8233 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%