Third Sector: The Contribution of Non-Profit and Cooperative Enterprise in Australia

ISBN-13: 9780367719968 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 262 str.

Mark Lyons

Opis

The first comprehensive overview of the not-for-profit organisations that constitute Australia's third sector, and the enormous contribution they make to our society.

Spis treści

Introduction

Part 1: What is the third sector?

1. Defining the Sector

2. Diversity

3. Distinctive characteristics of third sector organisations

Part 2: Where is the third sector?

4. Community services

5. Health

6. Education and related activities

7. Other human services

8. Religion

9. Arts and culture

10. Sport and recreation

11. Interest organisations

12. Economic cooperation

13. Philanthropic intermediaries

Part 3: Why is the third sector where it is?

14. The third sector in Australian history

15. The dynamics of third sector growth and decline

Part 4: How third sector organisations work

16. Governing and managing third sector organisations

17. Financing third sector organisations

18. Staffing third sector organisations

Part 5: Relations with other sectors

19. Drawing support from households

20. Relations with b

O autorze

Mark Lyons is Professor of Social Economy at the University of Technology, Sydney and is Australia's leading expert on third sector organisations. He was the inaugural chair of Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research and a founding board member of the International Society of Third Sector Research. He has been a member of several government advisory bodies, including the Prime Minister's Round Table on Business/Community Partnership and the Reference Group on Welfare Reform.