TY - BOOK AU - Anheier,Helmut K. AU - Anheier,Helmut Κ. AU - Archambault,Edith AU - Badelt,Christoph AU - Bakker,Bart AU - Bauer,Rudolph AU - Dronkers,Jaap AU - Folke Schuppert,Gunnar AU - Hansmann,Henry AU - Hood,Christopher AU - James,Estelle AU - Katz,Stanley N. AU - Knapp,Martin AU - Kramer,Ralph M. AU - Leat,Diana AU - Lloyd,Peter C. AU - Marschall,Miklós AU - Pestoff,Victor A. AU - Robertson,Eileen AU - Rose-Ackerman,Susan AU - Rovira Forns,Juan AU - Salomon,Lester M. AU - Saxon-Harrold,Susan Κ.E. AU - Schijf,Huibert AU - Seibel,Wolfgang AU - Simon,John G. AU - Thomason,Corinne AU - Thränhardt,Anna Maria AU - Van Laarhoven,Peter AU - Wagner,Antonin TI - The Third Sector: Comparative Studies of Nonprofit Organizations T2 - de Gruyter Studies in Organization SN - 9783110117134 AV - HD2769.15 .T45 1990eb U1 - 658/.048 22 PY - 2013///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - Honnef ‹1990› KW - Internationaler Vergleich KW - Kongress KW - Nonprofit-Bereich KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110868401 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110868401 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110868401/original ER -