caa a22 4500 606152873 CHVBK 20210128100551.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9444-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9444-3 Measuring the Enabling Environment of Civil Society: A Global Capability Index [Elektronische Daten] [Lorenzo Fioramonti, Olga Kononykhina] During the last two decades, there have been various attempts at measuring and assessing the health of civil society. Some have focused almost exclusively on ‘counting' the nonprofit, while others have assessed the strength of nongovernmental organizations. Yet, these sectors are just a small part of a much larger environment. Moreover, they are the result of Western conceptualizations of civil society, thus not very helpful for one to understand civic participation in non-Western settings. Taking stock of these fundamental issues, this article presents the conceptual framework and methodology of a new global index to measure the ‘enabling environment' of civil society, rather than its forms and institutional contours. Given the inherent diversity of civil societies worldwide, which defies any attempt at developing predetermined definitions, understanding the conditions that support civic participation becomes the most important objective for those interested in promoting a strong civil society arena. The index was launched by CIVICUS in late 2013 with the name of enabling environment index and covers over 200 countries and territories, making it the most ambitious attempt ever made at measuring civil society worldwide. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Civil society nationallicence Measurement nationallicence Assessment nationallicence Comparative analysis nationallicence Capabilities nationallicence Enabling environment nationallicence Fioramonti Lorenzo Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa aut Kononykhina Olga Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/2(2015-04-01), 466-487 0957-8765 26:2<466 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9444-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9444-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fioramonti Lorenzo Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kononykhina Olga Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/2(2015-04-01), 466-487 0957-8765 26:2<466 2015 26 11266