The Third Sector :Comparative Studies of Nonprofit Organizations ( de Gruyter Studies in Organization )

Publication subTitle :Comparative Studies of Nonprofit Organizations

Publication series :de Gruyter Studies in Organization

Author: Helmut K. Anheier   Wolfgang Seibel  

Publisher: De Gruyter‎

Publication year: 1990

E-ISBN: 9783110868401

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9783110117134

Subject: F276.6 Company

Language: ENG

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Chapter

Preface

pp.:  1 – 5

Introduction

pp.:  5 – 15

Autonomy

pp.:  14 – 169

1. Introduction

pp.:  21 – 21

3. Organizational Rationales

pp.:  23 – 26

4. Sectoral Functions

pp.:  26 – 27

5. Research Strategies

pp.:  27 – 28

1. Appropriate Roles for the Nonprofit Sector

pp.:  45 – 46

2. Methods to Encourage Nonprofit Performance

pp.:  46 – 48

3. Regulation of Nonprofit Relations with Government and Business Sectors and with Donors

pp.:  48 – 51

4. Relations with Donors

pp.:  51 – 54

Part II – Organizational Theory and Behavior

pp.:  54 – 59

2.1 Institutional Choice and Organizational Behavior in the Third Sector

pp.:  59 – 61

2.2 Institutional Choice and the Nonprofit Sector

pp.:  61 – 67

2. The Nonprofit Sector as a Result of “Institutional Choice” Considerations

pp.:  67 – 68

1. Issues of “Institutional Choice”

pp.:  67 – 67

3. Problems Common to Both Approaches

pp.:  68 – 75

2.3 The Economic Role of Commercial Nonprofits: The Evolution of the Savings Bank Industry

pp.:  75 – 79

2. The Origins of the Savings Bank Industry

pp.:  79 – 81

1. Introduction

pp.:  79 – 79

3. The Development of Commercial Savings Banks

pp.:  81 – 85

4. Mutual Savings and Loan Associations

pp.:  85 – 87

5. Conclusion

pp.:  87 – 88

2.4 Nonprofit Organizations and Consumer Policy: The Swedish Model

pp.:  88 – 91

3. The Origin and Development of Consumer Influence in Sweden

pp.:  91 – 94

2. Theoretical Concerns and Systemic Considerations

pp.:  91 – 91

1. Introduction

pp.:  91 – 91

4. Summary and Conclusions

pp.:  94 – 101

2.5 Para-Government Organizations in the Provision of Public Services: Three Explanations

pp.:  101 – 107

2. A “National Style” Approach to Explaining Agency Type

pp.:  107 – 109

1. Introduction

pp.:  107 – 107

3. An Administrative Dilemmas Approach

pp.:  109 – 110

4. A Subsidiarity/Transaction Problems Approach

pp.:  110 – 111

5. Conclusion

pp.:  111 – 118

2.6 Organizational Behavior and Organizational Function: Toward a Micro – Macro Theory of the Third Sector

pp.:  118 – 121

1. Introduction

pp.:  121 – 121

2. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Function

pp.:  121 – 122

4. The Niche-Phenomenon in Modern Organizational Culture: X-Inefficiency and Population Ecology of Organizations as an Approach to the Third Sector

pp.:  122 – 125

3. The Concept of Organizational Isomorphism and Some Vexing Problems in Explaining the Existence of a “Third Sector”

pp.:  122 – 122

5. Organizational Behavior and Political Functionalism: The Third Sector as Response to Legitimacy-Dilemmas in Modern Democracy

pp.:  125 – 127

6. Pattern of Micro-Behavior and Macro-Functions

pp.:  127 – 128

7. Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Research

pp.:  128 – 131

2.7 Competition, Resources, and Strategy in the British Nonprofit Sector

pp.:  131 – 137

1. Introduction

pp.:  137 – 137

3. Strategy in Voluntary Organizations

pp.:  137 – 138

2. Characteristics of the British Nonprofit Sector

pp.:  137 – 137

4. Data and Methods

pp.:  138 – 143

5. Discussion: Resource Dependence and Strategy

pp.:  143 – 144

6. Conclusion

pp.:  144 – 150

2.8 Voluntary Organizations and Accountability: Theory and Practice

pp.:  150 – 155

3. Accountability and Voluntary Organizations

pp.:  155 – 157

2. The Rise of Voluntary Sector Accountability: Pluralism, Professionalism, and Consumerism

pp.:  155 – 155

1. Introduction

pp.:  155 – 155

4. The Complexity of Voluntary Organization Accountability

pp.:  157 – 159

5. The Reality of Voluntary Sector Accountability

pp.:  159 – 165

Part III – The Public and the Private: Efficiency, Funding, and

pp.:  165 – 14

3.1 Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy in the Third Sector

pp.:  169 – 171

3.2 Achievement in Public and Private Secondary Education in the Netherlands

pp.:  171 – 179

1. Introduction

pp.:  179 – 179

2. Data, Methods, and Variables

pp.:  179 – 182

3. Achievement in Public and Private Grammar Schools

pp.:  182 – 183

4. Achievement in Public and Private Junior General Schools

pp.:  183 – 187

5. Conclusions

pp.:  187 – 192

3.3 Public Money, Voluntary Action: Whose Welfare?

pp.:  192 – 197

1. Introduction

pp.:  197 – 197

2. The Mixed Economy

pp.:  197 – 198

3. Voluntary Sector Revenue and Public Sector Support

pp.:  198 – 200

4. Rationales for Government Support

pp.:  200 – 213

5. Whose Welfare?

pp.:  213 – 224

3.4 The Nonprofit Sector and Government: The American Experience in Theory and Practice

pp.:  224 – 233

1. Nine Observations

pp.:  233 – 234

2. Conclusion

pp.:  234 – 252

3.5 The Relationship Between Voluntary Associations and State Agencies in the Provision of Social Services at the Local Level

pp.:  252 – 255

1. Community

pp.:  255 – 256

2. The Aims of Voluntary Associations

pp.:  256 – 258

3. The State Response

pp.:  258 – 259

4. Modes of Relationship

pp.:  259 – 260

5. The Relationship Studied

pp.:  260 – 262

6. The Analysis of Power

pp.:  262 – 264

7. Conclusion

pp.:  264 – 266

3.6 Nonprofit Social Service Agencies and the Welfare State: Some Research Considerations

pp.:  266 – 269

1. The Mixed Economy

pp.:  269 – 270

2. The Significance of Auspices

pp.:  270 – 271

3. Critique of Empowerment

pp.:  271 – 272

4. The Nonprofit Sector as an Object of Research

pp.:  272 – 273

5. Distinctive Character of Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations

pp.:  273 – 275

6. Three Examples of Inter-Organizational Research

pp.:  275 – 276

7. Conclusion

pp.:  276 – 279

Part IV – The Third Sector: International Perspectives

pp.:  279 – 283

4.1 Nonprofit Organizations in International Perspective

pp.:  283 – 285

1. Comparative Advantages of Nonprofit Organizations

pp.:  285 – 286

2. Limits and Constraints

pp.:  286 – 287

3. Concluding Remarks

pp.:  287 – 288

4.2 The Nonprofit Sector in a Centrally Planned Economy

pp.:  288 – 291

3. State-Socialism Is not Welfare Socialism

pp.:  291 – 293

1. Introduction

pp.:  291 – 291

2. Nonprofit Sector in State-Socialism?

pp.:  291 – 291

4. The Revival of Hungary’s Private Voluntary Sector

pp.:  293 – 300

5. Conclusion

pp.:  300 – 302

6. Postscript

pp.:  302 – 303

4.3 Public Authorities and the Nonprofit Sector in France

pp.:  303 – 307

1. Introduction

pp.:  307 – 307

2. The Allocation Function

pp.:  307 – 308

3. The Redistribution Function

pp.:  308 – 310

4. The Regulation Function

pp.:  310 – 312

4.4 The Nonprofit Sector in Switzerland: Taxonomy and Dimensions

pp.:  312 – 317

1. The System of National Accounts (SNA)

pp.:  317 – 317

2. The Third Sector and the Modern Welfare State

pp.:  317 – 318

3. Size and Growth of the Third Sector Within Swiss Social Policy

pp.:  318 – 321

4. The Third Sector: Supplement Rather Than Substitute

pp.:  321 – 323

4.5 A Profile of the Third Sector in West Germany

pp.:  323 – 327

2. Relevant Characteristics of West German Society

pp.:  327 – 328

1. Introduction

pp.:  327 – 327

3. A Profile of the Third Sector in West Germany

pp.:  328 – 333

4. Concluding Remarks

pp.:  333 – 343

4.6 The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Spanish Health Care Market

pp.:  343 – 347

1. Introduction

pp.:  347 – 347

2. Basic Features and Recent Trends in the Spanish Health Insurance Market

pp.:  347 – 348

3. NPOs in the Health Care Insurance Market

pp.:  348 – 352

4. The Future of the Private Insurance Sector

pp.:  352 – 355

5. The Future Role of NPOs in the Spanish Health Care System

pp.:  355 – 357

4.7 Traditional Neighborhood Associations in Industrial Society: The Case of Japan

pp.:  357 – 361

2. Neighborhood Associations and the Welfare System

pp.:  361 – 361

1. Introduction

pp.:  361 – 361

3. The Ideological Legacy of Japanese Neighborhood Associations

pp.:  361 – 364

4. jichikai (Neighborhood Associations)

pp.:  364 – 365

5. Functions of jichikai

pp.:  365 – 366

6. Financing of jichikai

pp.:  366 – 368

7. The Cultural Background: Confucianism

pp.:  368 – 369

8. The Relationship Between jichikai and Community

pp.:  369 – 370

9. Conclusion

pp.:  370 – 371

4.8 Private Voluntary Organizations and the Third World: The Case of Africa

pp.:  371 – 375

2. Comparative Advantages of PVOs

pp.:  375 – 376

1. Introduction

pp.:  375 – 375

3. PVOs and the Organizational Field of Development

pp.:  376 – 382

4. Financial Flows

pp.:  382 – 386

5. Concluding Remarks

pp.:  386 – 387

Part V – Conclusion

pp.:  387 – 391

5. The Third Sector in Comparative Perspective: Four Propositions

pp.:  391 – 393

1. Four Propositions

pp.:  393 – 394

2. Concluding Remarks

pp.:  394 – 399

Biographical Notes

pp.:  399 – 403

Name Index

pp.:  403 – 409

Subject Index

pp.:  409 – 415

LastPages

pp.:  415 – 429

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