Civil society organizations are playing a key role in addressing global societal and ecological issues, often setting the agenda for public discourse. Therefore, at a time when they are becoming more varied and interwoven than ever, critical analysis of the governance of these organizations and networks, and their role in a democratic society, is particularly important.

Introduction to the book PART 1 Introduction Part 1 1. Civil society governance: hybridation within third sector and social enterprise domains 2. The future of CSO governance: Managerialism and beyond 3. CSO governance: More than just a matter of board 4. Governing boards and organizational environments: growing complexities, shifting boundaries 5. Civil society organization accountability within governance networks 6. Multi-stakeholder governance in Civil society organizations: model and outcomes 7. Two sides of the governance coin: the missing civil society link PART 2 Introduction Part 2 8. Rethinking the relationship between governance and democracy: the theoretical framework of the solidarity economy 9. Civil society and governance: Contemporary challenges 10. The Social and Solidarity Economy and Ostrom's approach to common pool resources: Towards a better understanding of institutional diversity? 11. Democratic governance and citizenship 12. Differing perspectives on Civil society and the State 13. Social management and para-economy: redefining the analysis of the associative fact 14. Theory of the social enterprise and pluralism: The social enterprise of the solidarity type