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Douglas shows how such institutions as universities, charities, trade unions, and religious missions are a logical outcome of the limitations of both market economics and democratic politics. They form a Third Sector that is neither commercial, nor governmental, that acts to ameliorate the imbalances caused by both the ballot box and the marketplace -- the two main ways by which Western societies order priorities. Douglas draws on the law of charities, welfare economics, moral philosophy, political theory, and the history of charities to create an original rationale for the Third Sector.<br> <br> 'For its brilliant and succinct theoretical analysis this book could be read with profit by both undergraduate and graduate students in political science and economics, as well as by their professors.' -- <i>Choice, January 1984<br> <br> </i><br> <br> '...a provocative essay on charity and the nonprofit sector. It is timely not only because of recent governmental cutbacks in support for nonprofit organizations, but also because of sociologists' recent interest in alternative modes of resource allocation.' -- <i>Contemporary Sociology, Vol 13 No 3, May 1984<br> <br> </i><br> <br> '...the au

Author

James Douglas, (James A. T.)

Publisher

SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803920033

Subjects

Social Science, Social_sciences