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The series of publications ‘Policy Analysis and Public Administration’ provides a forum for current research findings and contributions to the debate that relate to the ‘working state’, which address issues of state and administrative organization, policy formulation, and implementation in a broader sense.The series is published in cooperation with the ‘Policy Analysis and Public Administration’ section of the German Political Science Association. The series aims to reflect the thematic breadth and current state of knowledge in policy and public administration research in Germany; to provide in-depth analyses and contributions to the discussion on the current challenges facing the state and public administration in Germany, as well as in European and global comparative perspective; and to make these works accessible to both academic and practical audiences.

This publication series reports of the activities of the International Association of Legislation (IAL). The volumes deal with practical and theoretical problems of (better) regulation. Since Europe makes enormous progress in uniting, issues of comparison and approximation of law prevail. The volumes of this series may serve as practical manuals for the legislator as well as materials for academic research.

Civil society has gained importance in the social sciences. Civil society organisations are active in numerous policy fields. They engage in advocacy as well as service delivery. Members, volunteers, philanthropists and sponsors are important stakeholders of civil society organisations. The series provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the theory and practice of civil society. The editors invite contributions from the various disciplines of the social sciences, especially business and economics, history, political science, sociology and law. The series is comparative in nature and covers a wide range of topics from civic engagement, volunteering, protest movements and corporate citizenship to public-private partnerships between state, market and civil society.