The third sector in Europe / edited by Adalbert Evers and Jean Louis Laville.
Contributor(s): Evers, Adalbert
| Laville, Jean-Louis.
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BookPublisher: Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004Description: xi, 266 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 1843764008.Subject(s): Nonprofit organizations -- Europe | Non-governmental organizations -- Europe | Cooperation -- Europe | Welfare state -- Europe | Europe -- Social policyDDC classification: 338.7 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book explores Europe's third sector - the non-profit organisations and providers of social services such as mutuals, co-operatives, associations, voluntary organisations and charities: these elements of a civil society are important yet often overlooked features in contemporary socio-economics and social policy.
The pathbreaking contributions examine the third sector in Europe within a framework which seeks to conceptually integrate two hitherto separate debates: that concerning the 'social economy' of co-operatives and mutuals, and the debate on voluntary, civil society and non-profit organisations.
Theoretical concepts are developed and debated, and the relationship between the development of national societies, public welfare and the third sector are explored. The book goes on to discuss the crucial role of the state and public policies - including measures that have been introduced at the European Union level. The contributions reveal the need for policy perspectives and forms of governance that respect the added value of third sector organisations, without separating them. It is argued that, in future European welfare models, it is not the size of a third sector that matters, but rather the overall impact of its civic principles.
With its informative contributions about the third sector in various EU countries, the theoretical approaches offered and the ways in which policy issues are dealt with, this book will be of great interest to a wide-ranging audience including: social policy scholars, economists, political scientists and policymakers with an interest in the evolution of the third sector.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Distinct realities and concepts: the third sector in Europe -- Defining the third sector in Europe -- Part II: Social economies, voluntary agencies and the civil society: the third sector in various European countries -- From suffocation to re-emergence: the evolution of the Italian third sector -- The development and future of the social economy in Sweden -- French civil society experiences: attempts to bridge the gap between political and economic dimensions -- From institutional fixation to entrepreneurial mobility? The German third sector and its contemporary challenges -- The welfare mix in the United Kingdom -- The Netherlands: from private initiatives to non-profit hybrids and back? -- Part III: The third sector, the state and the European union -- The state and the third sector in modern welfare states: independence, instrumentality, partnership -- The European Union and its programmes related to the third system -- The European Union and the third sector -- Part IV: What matters with respect to the third sector? Theoretical considerations -- Alternative paradigms for the mixed economy: will sector matter? -- Social services by social enterprises: on the possible contributions of hybrid organizations and a civil society.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures (p. vii)
- List of tables (p. viii)
- List of contributors (p. ix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Distinct Realities and Concepts: The Third Sector in Europe
- 1. Defining the third sector in Europe (p. 11)
- Part II Social Economies, Voluntary Agencies and the Civil Society: The Third Sector in Various European Countries
- 2. From suffocation to re-emergence: the evolution of the Italian third sector (p. 45)
- 3. The development and future of the social economy in Sweden (p. 63)
- 4. French civil society experiences: attempts to bridge the gap between political and economic dimensions (p. 83)
- 5. From institutional fixation to entrepreneurial mobility? The German third sector and its contemporary challenges (p. 101)
- 6. The welfare mix in the United Kingdom (p. 122)
- 7. The Netherlands: from private initiatives to non-profit hybrids and back? (p. 144)
- Part III The Third Sector, the State and the European Union
- 8. The state and the third sector in modern welfare states: independence, instrumentality, partnership (p. 169)
- 9. The European Union and its programmes related to the third system (p. 188)
- 10. The European Union and the third sector (p. 206)
- Part IV What Matters with Respect to the Third Sector? Theoretical Considerations
- 11. Alternative paradigms for the mixed economy: will sector matter? (p. 219)
- 12. Social services by social enterprises: on the possible contributions of hybrid organizations and a civil society (p. 237)
- Index (p. 257)