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Voluntas Symposium: Comments on Salamon and Sokolowski’s Re-conceptualization of the Third Sector

With their “Beyond Nonprofits: Re-conceptualizing the Third Sector”, Salamon and Sokolowski have made an important contribution to the ongoing debate on how to define the third sector. This Voluntas symposium brings together the comments of five leading scholars both supportive and critical of the new definition. The comments are based on a debate held at […]

https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/voluntas-symposium-comments-salamon-sokolowskis-re-conceptualization-third-sector/

“Beyond Nonprofits: Re-conceptualizing the Third Sector”

The idea of a “third sector” beyond the arenas of the state and the market is probably one of the most perplexing concepts in modern political and social discourse, encompassing as it does a tremendous diversity of institutions and behaviors that only relatively recently have been perceived in public or scholarly discourse as a distinct […]

https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/beyond-nonprofits-re-conceptualizing-third-sector/

New TSI article “Working under pressure: economic recession and third sector development in Europe”

The context conditions for third sector organizations (TSOs) in Europe have significantly changed as a result of the global economic crisis, including decreasing levels of public funding and changing modes of relations with the state. The effect of economic recession, however, varies across Europe. This article aims to understand why this is the case. It […]

https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/pape-u-chaves-avila-r-pahl-j-b-petrella-f-pielinski-b-savall-morera-t-2016-working-pressure-economic-recession-third-sector-development-europe/

Brandsen, T., Pape, U., “The Netherlands: The Paradox of Government–Nonprofit Partnerships”, Voluntas, Volume 26, Issue 6 (2015), pp. 2267-2282

This article illustrates the development of government–nonprofit collaboration in the Netherlands. It first gives an overview of the scope and structure of the nonprofit sector and voluntary work and then explains the crucial steps in the evolution of the partnership arrangement between the public sector and nonprofit institutions. The article describes the past significance of […]

https://thirdsectorimpact.eu/documentation/brandsen-t-pape-u-the-netherlands-the-paradox-of-government-nonprofit-partnerships-voluntas-volume-26-issue-6-2015-pp-2267-2282/
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