The Third Sector in Europe: Prospects and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780415620338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 400 str.

Osborne, Stephen P.

Opis

This text presents contemporary research into this emerging area, exploring the contribution of this important sector to European society as well as the key challenges that the sector and its components organizations face in making this contribution.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Civil Society, Social Capital and Democracy  3. The Third Sector and Public Policy  4. Delivering Public Services  5. Co-Production  6. Third Sector: Governmental Relationships  7. The Rise of Hybrid Organizations  8. Social Enterprise  9. Conclusions

O autorze

Stephen P. Osborne is Professor of International Public Management at the University of Edinburgh.He is the author of Managing Change and Innovation in Public Service Organizations (Routledge 2005) and The New Public Management: Current Trends and Future Prospects (Routledge 2001).