Special Collection: The Civic Lives of Cities Around the World

Woody Powell, Research for the Civic Life of Cities Lab, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University, CA, USA

Yi Zhao, Research for the Civic Life of Cities Lab, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University, CA, USA

Drawing on original research done in six cities--San Francisco, Seattle, Shenzhen, Singapore, Sydney, and Vienna--we examine how formal civil society organizations contribute to the vitality of urban life. Although our cities vary in political, economic, and social regimes, we find robust contributions being made by nonprofit organizations, even amidst a global pandemic.