The Third Sector : : Comparative Studies of Nonprofit Organizations / / ed. by Helmut K. Anheier, Wolfgang Seibel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Business and Economics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Anheier, Helmut K.,; Anheier, Helmut Κ.,; Archambault, Edith,; Badelt, Christoph,; Bakker, Bart,; Bauer, Rudolph,; Dronkers, Jaap,; Folke Schuppert, Gunnar,; Hansmann, Henry,; Hood, Christopher,; James, Estelle,; Katz, Stanley N.,; Knapp, Martin,; Kramer, Ralph M.,; Leat, Diana,; Lloyd, Peter C.,; Marschall, Miklós,; Pestoff, Victor A.,; Robertson, Eileen,; Rose-Ackerman, Susan,; Rovira Forns, Juan,; Salomon, Lester M.,; Saxon-Harrold, Susan Κ. E.,; Schijf, Huibert,; Seibel, Wolfgang,; Simon, John G.,; Thomason, Corinne,; Thränhardt, Anna Maria,; Van Laarhoven, Peter,; Wagner, Antonin,
• HerausgeberIn: Anheier, Helmut K.,; Seibel, Wolfgang,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 21
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I. The Third Sector Between the Market and the State --; 1.1. Sociological and Political Science Approaches to the Third Sector --; 1.2. Economic Theories of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Perspective --; 1.3 Modem Welfare State Policy Toward the Nonprofit Sector: Some Efficiency – Equity Dilemmas --; Part II. Organizational Theory and Behavior --; 2.1. Institutional Choice and Organizational Behavior in the Third Sector --; 2.2. Institutional Choice and the Nonprofit Sector --; 2.3. The Economic Role of Commercial Nonprofits: The Evolution of the U.S. Savings Bank Industry --; 2.4. Nonprofit Organizations and Consumer Policy: The Swedish Model --; 2.5. Para-Government Organization in the Provision of Public Services: Three Explanations --; 2.6. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Function: Toward a Micro–Macro Theory of the Third Sector --; 2.7. Competition, Resources, and Strategy in the British Nonprofit Sector --; 2.8. Voluntary Organizations and Accountability: Theory and Practice --; Part III. The Public and the Private: Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy --; 3.1. Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy in the Third Sector --; 3.2. Achievement in Public and Private Secondary Education in the Netherlands --; 3.3. Public Money, Voluntary Action: Whose Welfare? --; 3.4. The Nonprofit Sector and Government: The American Experience in Theory and Practice --; 3.5. The Relationship Between Voluntary Associations and State Agencies in the Provision of Social Services at the Local Level --; 3.6. Nonprofit Social Service Agencies and the Welfare State: Some Research Considerations --; Part IV. The Third Sector: International Perspectives --; 4.1. Nonprofit Organizations in International Perspective --; 4.2. The Nonprofit Sector in a Centrally Planned Economy --; 4.3. Public Authorities and the Nonprofit Sector in France --; 4.4. The Nonprofit Sector in Switzerland: Taxonomy and Dimensions --; 4.5 A Profile of the Third Sector in West Germany --; 4.6. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Spanish Health Care Market --; 4.7. Traditional Neighborhood Associations in Industrial Society: The Case of Japan --; 4.8. Private Voluntary Organizations and the Third World: The Case of Africa --; Part V. Conclusion --; 5. The Third Sector in Comparative Perspective: Four Propositions --; Biographical Notes --; Name Index --; Subject Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110868401; 9783110635669
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110868401
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Helmut K. Anheier, Wolfgang Seibel.