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Record Nr.

UNINA9910293144203321

Autore

Enjolras Bernard

Titolo

The Third Sector as a Renewable Resource for Europe [[electronic resource] ] : Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities / / by Bernard Enjolras, Lester M. Salamon, Karl Henrik Sivesind, Annette Zimmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-71473-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 196 p. 22 illus.)

Disciplina

361.61

Soggetti

Social policy

Economic sociology

Political sociology

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy

Social Policy

Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

European Politics

Political Sociology

Europe Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction  -- 2. Beyond Nonprofits: In Search of the Third Sector  -- 3. The Size and Composition of the European Third Sector  -- 4. The Roles and Impacts of the Third Sector in Europe  -- 5. Barriers to Third Sector Development  -- 6. The Road Ahead: A Policy Agenda for the Third Sector in Europe.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a critical account of the third sector and its future in Europe. It offers an original conceptualization of the third sector in its European manifestations alongside an overview of its major contours, including its structure, sources of support, and recent trends. It also assesses the impact of this sector in Europe which considers its contributions to European economic development, citizen well-being



and human development. The Third Sector As A Renewable Resource for Europe presents the findings of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) project funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7). It recognises that in a time of social and economic distress, as well as enormous pressures on governmental budgets, the third sector and volunteering represent a unique ‘renewable resource’ for social and economic problem-solving and civic engagement in Europe.