Defining the Nonprofit Sector: A Cross-national AnalysisThe growth of the non-profit, voluntary or third sector has been widely recognized throughout the world. This text seeks to provide a definition and a common classification of the non-profit sector, while recognizing the great diversity of voluntarism internationally. |
Contents
Conceptual equipment | 9 |
Toward a common definition Lester M | 29 |
Toward a common classification | 51 |
Defining the nonprofit sector in developed societies | 101 |
Germany Helmut K Anheier and Wolfgang Seibel | 128 |
Italy Gian Paolo Barbetta | 169 |
Japan Takayoshi Amenomori | 188 |
Sweden Tommy Lundström | 215 |
Defining the nonprofit sector in developing | 321 |
Egypt Amani Kandil | 350 |
Ghana Lawrence Atingdui | 369 |
India Siddhartha Sen | 401 |
Thailand Amara Pongsapich | 446 |
Defining the nonprofit sector in postsocialist | 469 |
Conclusion Lester M Salamon | 495 |
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