Third Sector Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taylor, Rupert. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Economic policy.; Business planning.; Political science.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Organization/Planning.; Political Science.; Economic Policy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5707-8

To mark the 20th Anniversary of Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations the editor has compiled a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates in third sector scholarship, comprised of all original research by leaders in the field. This�work offers a critical revie...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Reviewing Third Sector Research
• Defining and Theorizing the Third Sector
• Normative Origins of the Third Sector
• Social Origins of the Third Sector
• The Civicus Civil Society Index
• Economie Sociale
• The Third Sector, the State, and Democracy
• New Styles of Volunteering
• Volunteering in Developing Countries
• Participation in the Third Sector
• New Trends in Philanthropy
• Leadership and Governance
• Nonprofit Marketing
• Towards a Social Accounting for Nonprofits
• Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Third Sector
• Understanding Third Sector Partnerships
• Social Capital and the Third Sector
• The Dark Side of the Third Sector
• The Third Sector and the Question of the Poor
• The Third Sector and Global Environmental Politics
• The Emergence of Global Civil Society
• Does Global Civil Society Exist?- The World Social Forum
• Conclusion: Overall Assessment.