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The End of the Organization?

For several years now, I have been asking this question: Do network centric patterns of civil society mean The End of the Organization? Obviously, that is to a large degree a matter of definition, but there is value in asking the question bluntly. In addition to the deepening of our understanding in this area, represented by The Journal of Networks and Civil Society and other efforts, we need serious initiatives in the field that are not themselves bound to the traditional form of the organization. In this short article (drawn from my introduction to the journal), I make the case, to those of us concerned with civil society, for shifting our emphasis from organizations to networks and for pursuing five specific areas of new practice.

Posted: 2/7/08; 6:38:17 PM #

The Cost of War

Think about your organization's annual budget and the good you accomplish in the world with that money. Then consider that a single day of the Iraq war costs $720 million. The American Friends Service Committee's Cost of War Campaign video invites us to make this comparison.

Posted: 2/7/08; 8:08:22 AM #


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