The cement of civil society : studying networks in localities / Mario Diani, University of Trento and ICREA-UPF Barcelona.

Introduction: of King Solomon, Goethe, and civic networks
Modes of coordination of collective action
The importance of local comparisons: civic organizations in British cities
Building civic networks: strategies of tie formation
The structural bases of civil society
Network positions and their incumbents
The duality of organizations and events
Network centrality and leadership
Civic networks and urban governance
"Networking" contentious politics
Postfaction: bringing time and space(s) into the picture.