The third sector : community organizations, NGOs, and nonprofits / Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, Terry Nichols Clark ; with assistance from Cary Wu and Jean Yen-Chun Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kallman, Meghan Elizabeth, author.

Clark, Terry Nichols, 1940- author.

Contributor:

Wu, Cary, contrubutor.

Lin, Jean Yen-chun, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community organization.

International organization.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

x, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Community organizations, NGOs, and nonprofits

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]

Summary:

Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal associations have coalesced into a world political force. Though the components of this so-called third sector vary by country, their cumulative effects play an ever-greater role in global affairs. Looking at relief and welfare organizations, innovation organizations, social networks, and many other kinds of groups, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Terry Nichols Clark explore the functions, impacts, and composition of the nonprofit sector in six key countries. Chinese organizations, for example, follow the predominantly Asian model of government funding that links their mission to national political goals. Western groups, by contrast, often explicitly challenge government objectives, and even gain relevance and cache by doing so. In addition, Kallman and Clark examine groups in real-world contexts, providing a wealth of political-historical background, in-depth consideration of interactions with state institutions, region-by-region comparisons, and suggestions for how groups can borrow policy options across systems. Insightful and forward-seeing, The Third Sector provides a rare international view of organizations and agendas driving change in today's international affairs. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Civil Society, Social Capital, and the Growth of the Third Sector 37

2 The United States 68

3 France 105

4 Japan 124

5 South Korea 141

6 Taiwan 155

7 China 169

8 Looking Forward: Understanding Associations and Trust Patterns 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-247) and index.

ISBN:

9780252040436

0252040430

OCLC:

946905218