The Third Sector in Europe

The Third Sector in Europe
Author: Adalbert Evers
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781843769774

The contributors examine the voluntary & non-profit sectors in Europe. They discuss a number of issues regarding this 'third' sector.

The Law of Third Sector Organizations in Europe

The Law of Third Sector Organizations in Europe
Author: Antonio Fici
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2024-02-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3031417445

This book presents and discusses the law of third sector organizations in a selected number of European Union countries and in a comparative perspective, with the aim of providing a common basis for further legal analyses or legislative advancements both at the national and supranational level. The book is divided into two parts. Chapters in Part I present the ways in which each national jurisdiction deals with the group of organizations identified by the authors as “third sector organizations”, regardless of the ways in which these organizations are denominated or are commonly known in each country or the place in which their regulation is found. Chapters in Part II share a synthesis and comparative approach and draw the lines for further developments of the research activity culminated in the book.

Third Sector Organizations in Sex Work and Prostitution

Third Sector Organizations in Sex Work and Prostitution
Author: Isabel Crowhurst
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 135113373X

Third Sector Organizations in Sex Work and Prostitution is about sex work and prostitution third sector organizations (TSOs): non-governmental and non-profit organizations that provide support services to, and advocate for the well-being of people operating in the sex industries. With a focus on three vast and extremely diverse regions, Africa, the Americas, and Europe, this book provides a unique vantage point that shows how interlinked these organizations’ histories and configurations are. TSOs are fascinating research sites because they operate as zones of contestation which translate their understandings of sex work and prostitution into different support practices and advocacy initiatives. This book reveals that these organizations are not external to normative power but participate in it and are subject to it, conditioning how they can exist, who they can reach out to, where, and what they can achieve. Third Sector Organizations in Sex Work and Prostitution is a resource for scholars, policymakers, and activists involved in research on, and work with third sector organizations in the fields of sex work and prostitution, gender and sexuality, and human rights among others.

Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector

Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector
Author: Susan Phillips
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136853928

This book brings together scholars and experienced practitioners from different countries to investigate the relationship between regulation and relational governance for the third sector in a comparative context.

Media Freedom and Pluralism

Media Freedom and Pluralism
Author: Beata Klimkiewicz
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2010-05-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 615521185X

Addresses a critical analysis of major media policies in the European Union and Council of Europe at the period of profound changes affecting both media environments and use, as well as the logic of media policy-making and reconfiguration of traditional regulatory models. The analytical problem-related approach seems to better reflect a media policy process as an interrelated part of European integration, formation of European citizenship, and exercise of communication rights within the European communicative space. The question of normative expectations is to be compared in this case with media policy rationales, mechanisms of implementation (transposing rules from EU to national levels), and outcomes.

Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads

Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads
Author: Helmut K. Anheier
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134614144

The nonprofit sector occupies an ever more central role in economic and social policies, from the redesign of welfare system in the U.S. or UK, to fostering democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. At the same time, non-profit organizations face increased public scrutiny, and calls for more 'efficiency' and greater 'accountability'. Against this background, this revealing book explore keys policy issues such as: * Is the nonprofit sector in crisis? * What are the common themes and patterns in current policy debates concerning the future of the nonprofit sector? * What policy models are being discussed, and what are their implications? * How can nonprofit organiztions negotiate a course between commercialization and tighter government regulation? As this sector is confronted with often conflicting demands of new public management, tight budgeting, and greater competition, it arrives at a crucial crossroad in its development. Through the detailed investigations presented in this key book, postgraduate students of business and politics can fully explore this significant sector and analyze it's position in today's society.

The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia

The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia
Author: David Horton Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Civil society
ISBN: 9789004380615

The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia uniquely provides a timely overview of research on the nonprofit sector and nonprofit organizations in eleven former Soviet republics, with each central chapter written by local experts.

Comparative Corporate Governance of Non-Profit Organizations

Comparative Corporate Governance of Non-Profit Organizations
Author: Klaus J. Hopt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2010-04-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139486640

The economic importance of the non-profit sector is growing rapidly in the USA and Europe. However, the law has not kept abreast with its development. The European Court of Justice has extended certain freedoms of the EC Treaty to non-profit organisations, and more case law is expected to follow in the near future, but the observations, theories, solutions and legal and non-legal rules in this field are manifold. The chances of harmonising the law on a European level are slim. Despite these differences, a common core of international corporate governance problems and regulatory solutions can be seen. This volume of essays brings together a variety of international experts from both corporate governance and governance of non-profit organisations to compare the two areas and explore the lessons that can be learned regarding comparative corporate governance for non-profit organisations.

The Third Sector Delivering Public Services

The Third Sector Delivering Public Services
Author: James Rees
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2016-07-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447322436

This important book is the first edited collection to provide an up to date and comprehensive overview of the third sector’s role in public service delivery. Exploring areas such as social enterprise, capacity building, volunteering and social value, the authors provide a platform for academic and policy debates on the topic. Drawing on research carried out at the ESRC funded Third Sector Research Centre, the book charts the historical development of the state-third sector relationship, and reviews the major debates and controversies accompanying recent shifts in that relationship. It is a valuable resource for social science academics and postgraduate students as well as policymakers and practitioners in the public and third sectors in fields such as criminal justice, health, housing and social care.

Autonomy of Sport in Europe

Autonomy of Sport in Europe
Author: Jean-Loup Chappelet
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287167200

Given the impact that successive court rulings have had on the organisation of the sports movement in the past 15 years, the autonomy of non-governmental sports organisations has become a highly topical concern in Europe. It is also closely related to the issue of governance, the subject of previous Council of Europe studies. The Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (EPAS) decided to explore the concept of autonomy in greater depth by studying the conceptual, political, legal, economic and psycho-sociological aspects of the subject. This study was carried out at the request of the EPAS by the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) on the basis of a questionnaire sent to public authorities in charge of sport and to national and international umbrella sports organisations. In addition to an analysis of the data obtained, documents produced by public authorities and sports organisations on this emerging issue are presented. This study contributes to a better understanding of the concept of autonomy and offers a clear picture of the issues involved.