Civil society/Researchers and theorists

The following are some of the researchers and theorists working on problems of civil society now and in the past.

• Helmut Anheier [r]: German-American sociologist, administrator and civil society researcher who is founding co-editor of Voluntas and editor of The Encyclopedia of Civil Society. ^[e]
• Andrew Arato [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Benjamin Barber [r]: Political scientist and author, now at Demos, books include Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism are Reshaping the World ^[e]
• Robert Bellah [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jean Cohen [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Don E. Eberly [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Michael Edwards [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jean Bethke Elshtain [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Amatai Etzioni [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Adelbert Evers [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Adam Ferguson [r]: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." ^[e]
• Jürgen Habermas [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gabor Hegyesi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Peter Dobkin Hall [r]: (1946-2015) Cultural historian, archivist and an early leader of the Program on Nonprofit Organizations (PONPO) at Harvard University, Professor of History and Theory in the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, City University of New York, and Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. His best known book is Inventing the Nonprofit Sector. ^[e]
• George W. F. Hegel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Roger A. Lohmann [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Kathleen McCarthy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Michael O'Neill [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Elinor Ostrom [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert Putnam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Lester Salamon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Michael Sandel [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Horton Smith [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jon Van Til [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Antonin Wagner [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Arthur Williamson [r]: Add brief definition or description