»will fascinate those who look for a new sociological perspective on civil society. Its sober and analytical reasoning brings balance to the normative view within third-sector research... offers a fruitful new way of looking analytically at civil society as a concept which goes beyond the third sector. It provides insightful theoretical discussions as well as important empirical findings which are based on a rigorous methodological approach.«
Alexander Hirschfeld, Voluntas 2015, 1018-1019