Centre for Civil Society

The Centre for Civil Society (CCS) is a leading, international organisation for research, analysis, debate and learning about civil society. It is based within the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Established initially as the Centre for Voluntary Organisation, the Centre has for over 20 years pioneered the study of the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom, development NGOs and civil society organisations throughout the world. With a definition of "civil society", who's who, news and events, podcasts, study programmes and PhD forum, research, CCS projects, publications, alumni and links.