Overview
- Addresses the socio-economic impact of the third sector in Europe
- Identifies common trends and barriers in the development of third sector organisations resulting from changes in their political environment
- Synthetizes the findings of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) project funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book provides a critical account of the third sector and its future in Europe. It offers an original conceptualization of the third sector in its European manifestations alongside an overview of its major contours, including its structure, sources of support, and recent trends. It also assesses the impact of this sector in Europe which considers its contributions to European economic development, citizen well-being and human development.
The Third Sector As A Renewable Resource for Europe presents the findings of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) project funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7). It recognises that in a time of social and economic distress, as well as enormous pressures on governmental budgets, the third sector and volunteering represent a unique ‘renewable resource’ for social and economic problem-solving and civic engagement in Europe.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Bernard Enjolras is Research Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector in Norway
Lester M. Salamon is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, USA and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
Karl Henrik Sivesind is Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, Norway
Annette Zimmer is Professor of Social Policy and Comparative Politics and Lead Researcher for Third Sector Impact work at Münster University, Germany
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Third Sector as a Renewable Resource for Europe
Book Subtitle: Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities
Authors: Bernard Enjolras, Lester M. Salamon, Karl Henrik Sivesind, Annette Zimmer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71473-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71472-1Published: 24 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10063-6Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71473-8Published: 15 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 196
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Policy, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, European Politics, Political Sociology