| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Democratic Governance and Institutional Logics within the Third Sector (or, How Habermas Discovered the Coffee House); 1. Civil Society, Social Capital, and the Growth of the Third Sector; 2. The United States; 3. France; 4. Japan; 5. South Korea; 6. Taiwan; 7. China; 8. Looking Forward: Understanding Associations and Trust Patterns; Conclusion: Global Themes; References; Index |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community organization.
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International organization.
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Nonprofit organizations.
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Organizations, Nonprofit
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community organizations.
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nonprofit organizations.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Community organization
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International organization
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Nonprofit organizations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kallman, Meghan Elizabeth, author
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Wu, Cary, contrubutor
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Lin, Jean Yen-Chun, contributor
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| ISBN |
9780252098857 |
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0252098854 |
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