What Kind of Nonprofit Sector, What Kind of Society? : Comparative Policy Reflections
- Nonprofit organizations and the nonprofit sector more generally are part of a complex dual transition from industrial to postindustrial society and from national state to transnational policy regimes. This transition shows the beginnings of a new policy dialogue in addressing the future role of nonprofit organizations and involves three broad perspectives that have become prominent in recent years: First, nonprofits are increasingly part of new public management and a mixed economy of welfare; second, they are seen as central to “civil society—social capital” approaches, specifically the Neo-Tocquevillian emphasis on the nexus between social capital and participation in voluntary associations; and third, they are part of a wider social accountability perspective that sees them as instruments of greater transparency, heightened accountability, and improved governance of public institutions
MetadatenDocument Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Author(s): | Helmut K. Anheier |
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Parent Title (English): | ABS : American Behavioral Scientist |
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ISSN: | 0002-7642 |
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Publisher: | SAGE |
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Place of Publisher: | Los Angeles [u.a.] |
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Publication year: | 2009 |
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First Page: | 1082 |
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Last Page: | 1094 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764208327676 |
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Release Date: | 2014/11/07 |
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Tag: | Accountability; Civil society; Nonprofit organization; Social capital |
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Volume: | 52 |
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Issue: | 7 |
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Licence of document (German): | Metadaten / metadata |
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