The annual Global Civil Society Yearbooks provide an indispensable guide to global civil society or civic participation and action around the world. Each yearbook includes commissioned contributions from leading commentators across the social sciences on the latest issues and developments. Each yearbook also explores and presents the latest approaches to measuring and analyzing global civil society and provides a chronology of key global civil society events in the year.New to Sage Publications, contributions to the 2004 report explore global civil society from a networks perspective, and question whether the idea of global society might be perceived as a new form imperialism. Particular issues discussed in part two this year include democracy, refugees, and oil. In part three, contributions consider the role of trade unions in protecting workers' rights in a global era, the impact of anti-terrorism legislation on global philanthropy, and the role of individual'pioneers' in global civil society.Illustrated throughout with summaries, maps, figures, tables and photographs and encompassing regular features such as updates on previous editions and the annual data reports, the Global Civil Society yearbook remains the standard work on all aspects of contemporary global civil society for activists, practitioners, students and academics alike. It is essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the key actors, forms and manifestations of global civil society around the world today. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.