Title: Policy initiatives towards the third sector in international perspective /
Authors: Gidron, Benjamin.; Bar Fero, Mikhal.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations Government policy.; Nonprofit organizations Political aspects.
Abstract: Over the past decade, the third sector has had tremendous growth worldwide in both size & importance. As many countries struggle to address this changing reality, many have adopted policy initiatives aimed at changing the ways the third sector is addressed. This text discusses this subject.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. A comprehensive Canadian approach to the third sector : creative tensions and unexpected outcomes -- 3. Nonprofits and public policy in the United States : the evolution of accountability -- 4. Policy initiatives towards civil society in Germany -- 5. Policy initiatives towards new legal framework for Japanese civil society -- 6. Changing state-civil society relationships in Ireland -- 7. Policy initiatives towards the third sector under the conditions of ambiguity : the case of Hungary -- 8. The long journey to the promised land : policy initiatives towards the third sector in Israel -- 9. On the interdependence between politics and policy in the shaping of English horizontal third sector initiative -- 10. Comparing third sector policy : a postscript and six theses -- Index.