Helmut K. Anheier & Wolfgang Seibel 
The Third Sector [PDF ebook] 
Comparative Studies of Nonprofit Organizations

Frontmatter — Preface — Contents — Introduction — Part I. The Third Sector Between the Market and the State — 1.1. Sociological and Political Science Approaches to the Third Sector — 1.2. Economic Theories of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Perspective — 1.3 Modem Welfare State Policy Toward the Nonprofit Sector: Some Efficiency – Equity Dilemmas — Part II. Organizational Theory and Behavior — 2.1. Institutional Choice and Organizational Behavior in the Third Sector — 2.2. Institutional Choice and the Nonprofit Sector — 2.3. The Economic Role of Commercial Nonprofits: The Evolution of the U.S. Savings Bank Industry — 2.4. Nonprofit Organizations and Consumer Policy: The Swedish Model — 2.5. Para-Government Organization in the Provision of Public Services: Three Explanations — 2.6. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Function: Toward a Micro–Macro Theory of the Third Sector — 2.7. Competition, Resources, and Strategy in the British Nonprofit Sector — 2.8. Voluntary Organizations and Accountability: Theory and Practice — Part III. The Public and the Private: Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy — 3.1. Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy in the Third Sector — 3.2. Achievement in Public and Private Secondary Education in the Netherlands — 3.3. Public Money, Voluntary Action: Whose Welfare? — 3.4. The Nonprofit Sector and Government: The American Experience in Theory and Practice — 3.5. The Relationship Between Voluntary Associations and State Agencies in the Provision of Social Services at the Local Level — 3.6. Nonprofit Social Service Agencies and the Welfare State: Some Research Considerations — Part IV. The Third Sector: International Perspectives — 4.1. Nonprofit Organizations in International Perspective — 4.2. The Nonprofit Sector in a Centrally Planned Economy — 4.3. Public Authorities and the Nonprofit Sector in France — 4.4. The Nonprofit Sector in Switzerland: Taxonomy and Dimensions — 4.5 A Profile of the Third Sector in West Germany — 4.6. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Spanish Health Care Market — 4.7. Traditional Neighborhood Associations in Industrial Society: The Case of Japan — 4.8. Private Voluntary Organizations and the Third World: The Case of Africa — Part V. Conclusion — 5. The Third Sector in Comparative Perspective: Four Propositions — Biographical Notes — Name Index — Subject Index — Backmatter