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  1. Department of Sociology, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Curtis Sarles

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  1. Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Regina A. List

  2. Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Helmut K. Anheier

  3. Schar school, George Mason University, ARLINGTON, VI, USA

    Stefan Toepler

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  1. Hamburg, Germany

    Regina A. List

  2. University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Helmut K. Anheier

  3. Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany

    Helmut K. Anheier

  4. Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, USA

    Stefan Toepler

  5. Center for the Study of Civil Society and the Non-Profit Sector, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation

    Stefan Toepler

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Sarles, C. (2020). Civil Society History III: Renaissance. In: List, R., Anheier, H., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_535-1

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