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

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Helmut K. Anheier
Parent Title (English):ABS : American Behavioral Scientist
ISSN:0002-7642
Publisher:SAGE
Place of Publisher:Los Angeles [u.a.]
Publication year:2009
First Page:1082
Last Page:1094
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764208327676
Release Date:2014/11/07
Tag:Accountability; Civil society; Nonprofit organization; Social capital
Volume:52
Issue:7
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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