Finding a Bowling Partner: the Role of Stakeholders in Activating Civil Society in Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom by Tony Bovaird, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England Elke Löffler, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England Salvador Parrado-Díez, Spanish Distance University, Madrid Paper presented for the 25th International Congress of Administrative Sciences Athens (Greece), 9-13 July 2001 Subtopic: Governance and the Civil Society Rapporteur: Akira Nakamura, Meiji University, Japan