The emerging nonprofit sector
Subtitle: an overview
By: Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier.
Contributors: Anheier, Helmut K., 1954-
Series: Johns Hopkins nonprofit sector series ;; 1
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations.; Non-governmental organizations.; Social service.; Nonprofit organizations -- Employees.; Non-governmental organizations -- Employees.; Social workers.; Volunteers.
Description: Provides a comparative analysis of the findings of individual empirical assessments of the scope, structure and financing of the nonprofit sector in twelve countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Japan, Brazil, Ghana, Egypt, Thailand, and India. Explores the global scale of this sector, its sources of revenue, and differences between the countries analyzed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-158) and index.