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The Third Sector as a Renewable Resource for Europe

Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Addresses the socio-economic impact of the third sector in Europe
  • Identifies common trends and barriers in the development of third sector organisations resulting from changes in their political environment
  • Synthetizes the findings of the Third Sector Impact (TSI) project funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction

    • Bernard Enjolras
    Pages 1-5Open Access
  3. Beyond Nonprofits: In Search of the Third Sector

    • Lester M. Salamon, Wojciech Sokolowski
    Pages 7-48Open Access
  4. The Size and Composition of the European Third Sector

    • Lester M. Salamon, Wojciech Sokolowski
    Pages 49-94Open Access
  5. The Roles and Impacts of the Third Sector in Europe

    • Bernard Enjolras, Karl Henrik Sivesind
    Pages 95-124Open Access
  6. Barriers to Third Sector Development

    • Annette Zimmer, Benedikt Pahl
    Pages 125-160Open Access
  7. The Road Ahead: A Policy Agenda for the Third Sector in Europe

    • Bernard Enjolras
    Pages 161-176Open Access
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 177-196

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Social Research (ISF), Oslo, Norway

    Bernard Enjolras

  • John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Lester M. Salamon

  • Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway

    Karl Henrik Sivesind

  • Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany

    Annette Zimmer

About the authors

Bernard Enjolras is Research Professor and Director of the Center for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector in Norway

Lester M. Salamon is a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, USA and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies

Karl Henrik Sivesind is Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, Norway

Annette Zimmer is Professor of Social Policy and Comparative Politics and Lead Researcher for Third Sector Impact work at Münster University, Germany

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Third Sector as a Renewable Resource for Europe

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities

  • Authors: Bernard Enjolras, Lester M. Salamon, Karl Henrik Sivesind, Annette Zimmer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71473-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71472-1Published: 24 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10063-6Published: 21 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71473-8Published: 15 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 196

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Social Policy, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, European Politics, Political Sociology

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