The third sector in Europe : prospects and challenges / edited by Stephen P. Osborne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Key issues for the third sector in Europe / Stephen P Osborne -- The third sector and civil society / Gyorgy Jenei and Eva Kuti -- Where does social capital come from? / Dag Wollebaek and Per Selle -- The rise of Romanian NGOs in the democratization process of the society after 1990 / Marton Balogh -- Welfare architecture and voluntarism. Or why 'changing the welfare mix' means different things in different contexts / Lars Skov Henriksen ... [et al.] -- The third sector and the social inclusion agenda : the role of social enterprises in the field of work integration / Marthe Nyssens -- The third sector and the delivery of public services : an evaluation of different meta-theoretical perspectives / Taco Brandsen -- The third sector and the provision of public services in Slovakia / Juraj Nemec -- The innovative capacity of voluntary and community organizations : exploring the organizational and environmental contingencies / Stephen P Osborne and Celine Chew -- Co-production, the third sector and functional representation in Sweden / Victor Pestoff -- Co-governance and co-production : from social enterprise towards public-private co-enterprise / Francesco Manfredi and Mirella Maffei -- Evolving state--third sector relations in Turkey / Korel Goyman -- The uneasy partnership of the state and the third sector in the Czech Republic / Pavol Fric -- Institutionalising relationships between government and the third sector : the case of the Estonian "compact" / Tiina Randma-Liiv, Daimar Liiv and Ulle Lepp -- Hybrid organizations. Background, concepts, challenges / Adalbert Evers -- Teachers and middle managers in a hybrid educational sector / Marlies Honingh -- The role of social enterprises in Europe : a core element or a distraction in the provision of public services? / Isobel Vidal -- Social co-operatives for persons with mental health problems in Greece : a specific form of social enterprise / Dimitris Ziomas -- The economic analysis of non-profit organizations' management / Marc Jegers -- Conclusions : the state of our knowledge and future challenges / Markku Kiviniemi.

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