The nonprofit sector in Japan / edited by Tadashi Yamamoto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yamamoto, Tadashi, 1936-2012.

Series:

John Hopkins nonprofit sector series ; 7.

John Hopkins nonprofit sector series ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Japan.

Nonprofit organizations.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xiv, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, [1998]

Summary:

This volume provides the first systematic analysis of the Japanese nonprofit sector ever undertaken. Using a broad range of qualitative and quantitative data, the authors show that Japan has a much larger nonprofit sector than is recognized, even in Japan. Three-quarters of all university students attend nonprofit institutions, significant shares of hospital beds are in nonprofit institutions, and nonprofit agencies are active in the field of social services. Yet in comparative terms the Japanese nonprofit sector lags significantly behind that of other developed economies. One reason for this, the authors argue, is the generally hostile attitude the government has historically taken towards nonprofit organizations in Japan; nonprofit organizations wishing to attain legal status, have to secure the approval of a "competent Ministry", and this is often given begrudgingly or not at all. The nonprofit sector in Japan has only just begun to "flex its muscles" as an independent force in very recent years, and is now on the brink of a new phase in its development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-187) and index.

ISBN:

0719053854

OCLC:

38073325