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Private Funds, Public Purpose
Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspective
Av Helmut K. Anheier, Stefan Toepler
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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Comparative information detailing the cultural, legal and historical environments of foundations in international settings has been scarce - until now. Written by scholars from six countries, this text covers philanthropic foundations in the world's busiest commercial centers - the U.S. and Eastern …
Private Funds, Public Purpose
Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspective
Av Helmut K. Anheier, Stefan Toepler
Häftad, 1999
1643 kr
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Comparative information detailing the cultural, legal and historical environments of foundations in international settings has been scarce - until now. Written by scholars from six countries, this text covers philanthropic foundations in the world's busiest commercial centers - the U.S. and Eastern …
Civil Society and the Professions in Eastern Europe
Social Change and Organizational Innovation in Poland
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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Focusing on service-providing organizations established by health and human service professionals in post-Communist Poland, this book adds a new dimension to the sociological study of voluntary organizations. The author investigates the motives and interests of the people who establish these …
Neighborhood Self-Management
Experiments in Civil Society
Inbunden, 2001
1098 kr
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Western governments are reducing their role and encouraging nongovernmental organizations to expand theirs in providing social, human, and communal services - a trend that is especially salient in the community sphere where neighborhood organizations are gaining increasing influence. This book …
Measuring the Impact of the Nonprofit Sector
Av Patrice Flynn, Virginia A. Hodgkinson
Inbunden, 2002
1643 kr
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One of the major tasks facing researchers, practitioners, and funders is the development of empirical tools to measure the inherent worth of nonprofit organizations as well as the sector as a whole. Renowned scholars present chapters on the state of the art of performance measurement in the …
Measuring the Impact of the Nonprofit Sector
Av Patrice Flynn, Virginia A. Hodgkinson
Häftad, 2002
1643 kr
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One of the major tasks facing researchers, practitioners, and funders is the development of empirical tools to measure the inherent worth of nonprofit organizations as well as the sector as a whole. Renowned scholars present chapters on the state of the art of performance measurement in the …
Workforce Transitions from the Profit to the Nonprofit Sector
Inbunden, 2002
1098 kr
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Since the early 1990s, the number of professional managers displaced from US corporate jobs has increased dramatically. This has coincided with the rapid expansion of employment in the US non-profit sector; a sector that has a high proportion of managerial and professional workers among its …
Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix
The New Structure of Welfare in an Era of Privatization
Inbunden, 2002
1098 kr
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Through research in the field of social care in six European Countries (France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and the U.K.) the authors of this volume highlight the role of nonprofit and commercial organizations in the new "welfare mix systems" and main social and institutional effects of such new …
Study of Nonprofit Enterprise
Theories and Approaches
Av Helmut K. Anheier, Avner Ben-Ner
Inbunden, 2003
2189 kr
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This volume addresses the need to revisit the very economic theories that in the past two decades have contributed so much to the development of a concentrated research agenda on nonprofit organizations. Long neglected as a topic of theorizing and empirical investigation by mainstream economics in …
Values of Volunteering
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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Volunteering is one of those phenomena which, despite the limited number of people actually involved in it, is seen as highly important for the proper functioning of society. In fact, volunteering and active participation in voluntary associations are considered to be key components of civil …
Values of Volunteering
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Häftad, 2003
1098 kr
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Volunteering is one of those phenomena which, despite the limited number of people actually involved in it, is seen as highly important for the proper functioning of society. In fact, volunteering and active participation in voluntary associations are considered to be key components of civil …
Study of Nonprofit Enterprise
Theories and Approaches
Av Helmut K. Anheier, Avner Ben-Ner
Häftad, 2003
2189 kr
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This volume addresses the need to revisit the very economic theories that in the past two decades have contributed so much to the development of a concentrated research agenda on nonprofit organizations. Long neglected as a topic of theorizing and empirical investigation by mainstream economics in …
Israeli Third Sector
Between Welfare State and Civil Society
Av Benjamin Gidron, Michal Bar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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The Nonprofit Sector in Israel has recently come into prominence because of its multiple societal functions, which include its central role in the development and maintenance of Israel's Welfare State and its contribution to the building of its civil society. Both of these have major social, …
Israeli Third Sector
Between Welfare State and Civil Society
Av Benjamin Gidron, Michal Bar m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
1098 kr
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The First Directory of Israeli Researchers published a few years ago revealed for the first time that there were 48 researchers from 11 disciplines in 14 different academic institutions in this small Middle Eastern country. It is not surprising, therefore, that with such intellectual resources, …
Strategy Mix for Nonprofit Organisations
Vehicles for Social and Labour Market Integrations
Av Annette E. Zimmer, Christina Stecker
Inbunden, 2004
1693 kr
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In many countries, particularly in continental Europe, societies have been plagued by high unemployment for several decades. Simultaneously, due to recent shifts from industrial to service-oriented post-industrial societies, labor as a significant culture code is increasingly loosing importance. …
Strategy Mix for Nonprofit Organisations
Vehicles for Social and Labour Market Integrations
Av Annette E. Zimmer, Christina Stecker
Häftad, 2004
1693 kr
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In many countries, particularly in continental Europe, societies have been plagued by high unemployment for several decades. Simultaneously, due to recent shifts from industrial to service-oriented post-industrial societies, labor as a significant culture code is increasingly loosing importance. …
East Asian Social Movements
Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region
Av Jeffrey Broadbent, Vicky Brockman
Inbunden, 2010
2183 kr
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In the study of civil society and social movements, most cases are based in Western Europe and North America. These two areas of the world have similar histories and political ideals and structures in common which in turn, affect the structure of its civil society. In studying civil society in …
Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
Toward a New Political Culture in the Twenty-First Century
Av Soma Hewa, Darwin Stapleton
Inbunden, 2005
1095 kr
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Globalization is perhaps the most extensively discussed topic in contemporary academic literature and mass media. Many philanthropic organizations work on a global level and have been participants in the spread of globalization. This book specifically deals with the role of philanthropy in past and …
Unique Environmentalism
A Comparative Perspective
Av Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1095 kr
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their collective action. The more unique the case, the more we need to study it not only to understand the case itself but also to understand the structure and limits of environmentalism in general. We hope that we have been able to show the value of this research strategy. The way we have …
Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy
Local and Global Perspectives
Av Helmut K. Anheier, Adele Simmons m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1095 kr
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Philanthropy has been around for thousands of years but the study of philanthropic organizations and their role in a civil society is still recent. Most of the research focuses on organizations and institutions in developed market economies, in particular the United States. But in looking at other …
Comparative Third Sector Governance in Asia
Structure, Process, and Political Economy
Inbunden, 2008
1095 kr
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Non-profit organizations, NGOs and other third sector organizations are increasingly playing a central role in achieving and sustaining a prosperous economy and a just civil society in countries around the world. While their importance is widely acknowledged, their sustainability is not guaranteed …
Policy Initiatives Towards the Third Sector in International Perspective
Av Benjamin Gidron, Michal Bar
Inbunden, 2009
1131 kr
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Over the past decade, the third sector has had tremendous growth worldwide in both size and importance. As many countries struggle to address this changing reality, many have adopted policy initiatives aimed at changing the ways the third sector is addressed. It is a complex process, involving …
Civic Engagement in Contemporary Japan
Established and Emerging Repertoires
Av Henk Vinken, Yuko Nishimura m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1098 kr
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Civic engagement is a concept of action that has become part of common vocabulary, not only in the West but also in many other regions of the world as well. A growing, yet still small number of scholarly works has recently emerged showing how in Japan citizen activism, volunteering, and social …
Comparative Third Sector Governance in Asia
Structure, Process, and Political Economy
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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Non-profit organizations, NGOs and other third sector organizations are increasingly playing a central role in achieving and sustaining a prosperous economy and a just civil society in countries around the world. While their importance is widely acknowledged, their sustainability is not guaranteed …
Dilemmas of the Welfare Mix
The New Structure of Welfare in an Era of Privatization
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
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The 1990's will be remembered in Europe as the period in which `privatization' assumed significant proportions in the field of welfare policies. In an age of crisis for the welfare state and increased demand of care services, there is now a widespread opinion that future welfare systems will see …
Globalization, Philanthropy, and Civil Society
Toward a New Political Culture in the Twenty-First Century
Av Soma Hewa, Darwin Stapleton
Häftad, 2010
1425 kr
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Globalization is perhaps the most extensively discussed topic in contemporary academic literature and mass media. Many philanthropic organizations work on a global level and have been participants in the spread of globalization. This book specifically deals with the role of philanthropy in past and …
Unique Environmentalism
A Comparative Perspective
Av Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1534 kr
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their collective action. The more unique the case, the more we need to study it not only to understand the case itself but also to understand the structure and limits of environmentalism in general. We hope that we have been able to show the value of this research strategy. The way we have …
Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy
Local and Global Perspectives
Av Helmut K. Anheier, Adele Simmons m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
1207 kr
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Philanthropy has been around for thousands of years but the study of philanthropic organizations and their role in a civil society is still recent. Most of the research focuses on organizations and institutions in developed market economies, in particular the United States. But in looking at other …
Workforce Transitions from the Profit to the Nonprofit Sector
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Over the last 20 years, the number of professional managers displaced from US corporate jobs has increased dramatically. This has coincided with the rapid expansion of employment in the US nonprofit sector; a sector that has a high proportion of managerial and professional workers among its …
Neighborhood Self-Management
Experiments in Civil Society
Häftad, 2012
1098 kr
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Over the past two decades, Western countries have witnessed changes in the governance of local authorities. During that period, governmental authority and traditional governmental functions have gradually shifted to local authorities at the municipal level. In keeping with this trend, the …
