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This book explores Europes third sector - the non-profit organizations and providers of social services such as mutuals, co-operatives, associations, voluntary organizations 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 organizations. 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 organizations, without separating them. It is argued that, in future European welfare models, it is not the size of a third sector that matt

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Author

Adalbert Evers; Jean-Louis Laville; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781843769774

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Management, Business