The Third Sector As a Renewable Resource for Europe : Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities.
Enjolras, Bernard.
The Third Sector As a Renewable Resource for Europe : Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (208 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: Beyond Nonprofits: In Search of the Third Sector -- 1 The Challenge -- 1.1 A Diverse and Contested Terrain -- 1.2 A Sector Hidden in Plain Sight -- 1.3 Why Address this Challenge? The Case for Better Conceptualization and Data -- 2 Overcoming the Challenges: The Approach -- 2.1 Establishing the Criteria for an Acceptable Conceptualization -- 2.2 The Concept of a "Common Core" -- 2.3 Retention of Component Identities -- 2.4 Building on Existing Progress -- 2.4.1 Institutional Components -- 2.4.2 Individual-Action Component -- 2.5 A Bottom-up Strategy -- 3 Key Findings and Implications -- 3.1 Enormous Diversity -- 3.2 Considerable Underlying Consensus -- 3.2.1 Wide Agreement on Three Underlying Common Conceptual Features -- 3.2.2 NPIs are in -- 3.2.3 More than NPIs: Cooperatives and Mutuals -- 3.2.4 More than NPIs: Social Enterprises -- 3.2.5 More than Institutions: The Individual Component -- 3.2.6 Conclusion: Portraying the Third Sector Conceptually -- 4 Toward a Consensus Operational Conception of the TSE Sector -- 4.1 Institutional Components -- 4.1.1 The Organization Feature -- 4.1.2 The Private Feature -- 4.1.3 The Self-governing Feature -- 4.1.4 The Noncompulsory Feature -- 4.1.5 The Totally or Significantly Limited Profit-distribution Feature -- 4.2 Informal and Individual Components -- 5 Conclusion and Next Steps -- References -- 3: The Size and Composition of the European Third Sector -- 1 The Contours of the European TSE Sector: The Aggregate View -- 1.1 An Enormous Economic Engine -- 1.2 Volunteer Engagement -- 1.3 What does the European TSE Sector Do? -- 1.4 Revenue Structure -- 1.5 Institutional Structure -- 1.6 Longitudinal Changes -- 2 A Diverse Sector: Regional Variations. 2.1 Regional Variations in Overall TSE Sector Scale -- 2.2 Regional Variations in the Institutional Composition of the TSE Sector Workforce -- 2.3 Regional Variations in European TSE Sector Functions and Revenue Patterns -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 Explaining Cross-national Variations in TSE Sector Dimensions -- Appendix 1: Estimates of TSE Sector FTE workforce in EU and Norway, by Component, 2014 -- Appendix 2: Methodology for Estimating the Size of the Third Sector in Europe -- Nonprofit Institutions (NPIs) -- Cooperatives and Mutual Societies -- Social Enterprises -- Direct Volunteering -- Estimation of the TSE Sector Size -- Estimation of Service and Expressive Shares of the Workforce -- Estimation of TSE Sector Revenue Shares -- Summary of Sources of Data on TSE Sector Average Annual Employment Changes by Country -- References -- 4: The Roles and Impacts of the Third Sector in Europe -- 1 Impact Areas -- 2 Selected Evidence of TSIs -- 2.1 Some Methodological Challenges -- 2.2 Impact on Civic Engagement, Empowerment, Advocacy and Community Building -- 2.3 Impact on Well-being and Quality of Life -- 2.4 Impact on Human Resources -- 2.5 Impact on Social Innovation -- 3 Can the TSE Sector Expand Civil Liberties and the Public Sphere? -- 4 Does the European Third Sector make a Socioeconomic Impact? -- References -- 5: Barriers to Third Sector Development -- 1 Introduction: A Success Story and a Clouded Horizon -- 2 Third Sector Impact Country Clusters -- 3 Third Sector Environment -- 3.1 Societal and Economic Trends -- 3.2 European Union as a Key Actor? -- 4 Barriers to Third Sector Development -- 4.1 Common Barriers -- 4.2 Regional Diversity and Regime-specific Barriers to TSO Development -- 4.2.1 From Liberal to Welfare Partnership to Liberal Again-The UK. 4.2.2 Welfare Partnership Countries: Adjustment to a Changed Social Policy Environment-Germany, the Netherlands, Austria -- 4.2.3 The Social-Democratic Model on the Retreat -- 4.2.4 Struggling with the Past and Catching up on the Edge: Croatia and Poland -- 4.2.5 In between Statism and Welfare Partnership: France and Spain -- Appendix -- Stakeholder Survey -- References -- 6: The Road Ahead: A Policy Agenda for the Third Sector in Europe -- 1 Three Scenarios -- 2 The Civic Economy Strategy: A Policy Agenda for Europe -- 2.1 Improving the Legitimacy and Visibility of the Third Sector in Europe -- 2.1.1 Improvement of the Sector's Knowledge Base -- 2.1.2 Enhance Visibility through European Statutes for TSOs -- 2.1.3 Make the Voice of the Sector Heard -- 2.1.4 Help TSOs to Market Themselves -- 2.1.5 Get the Public Back In-Provide Space for Third Sector Activities -- 2.2 Improving Third Sector Finances and Government-Third Sector Partnership -- 2.2.1 Get Structural Funds Back In -- 2.2.2 Lift up the Burden of Procurement Procedures -- 2.2.3 Facilitate Access to Capital Markets and to Alternative Sources of Financing -- 3 Fostering Foundations' Supportive Role of the Third Sector in Europe -- 4 Improving the Attractiveness of TSOs -- 4.1 Renewing the Third Sector's Values -- 4.2 Increase the Attractiveness of TSOs as Employers -- 4.3 Increase the Attractiveness of TSOs for Volunteers -- 4.4 Increase the Attractiveness of TSOs for Honorary Board Members -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- References -- Index.
9783319714738
Electronic books.
HV70-72
361.7094
The Third Sector As a Renewable Resource for Europe : Concepts, Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (208 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: Beyond Nonprofits: In Search of the Third Sector -- 1 The Challenge -- 1.1 A Diverse and Contested Terrain -- 1.2 A Sector Hidden in Plain Sight -- 1.3 Why Address this Challenge? The Case for Better Conceptualization and Data -- 2 Overcoming the Challenges: The Approach -- 2.1 Establishing the Criteria for an Acceptable Conceptualization -- 2.2 The Concept of a "Common Core" -- 2.3 Retention of Component Identities -- 2.4 Building on Existing Progress -- 2.4.1 Institutional Components -- 2.4.2 Individual-Action Component -- 2.5 A Bottom-up Strategy -- 3 Key Findings and Implications -- 3.1 Enormous Diversity -- 3.2 Considerable Underlying Consensus -- 3.2.1 Wide Agreement on Three Underlying Common Conceptual Features -- 3.2.2 NPIs are in -- 3.2.3 More than NPIs: Cooperatives and Mutuals -- 3.2.4 More than NPIs: Social Enterprises -- 3.2.5 More than Institutions: The Individual Component -- 3.2.6 Conclusion: Portraying the Third Sector Conceptually -- 4 Toward a Consensus Operational Conception of the TSE Sector -- 4.1 Institutional Components -- 4.1.1 The Organization Feature -- 4.1.2 The Private Feature -- 4.1.3 The Self-governing Feature -- 4.1.4 The Noncompulsory Feature -- 4.1.5 The Totally or Significantly Limited Profit-distribution Feature -- 4.2 Informal and Individual Components -- 5 Conclusion and Next Steps -- References -- 3: The Size and Composition of the European Third Sector -- 1 The Contours of the European TSE Sector: The Aggregate View -- 1.1 An Enormous Economic Engine -- 1.2 Volunteer Engagement -- 1.3 What does the European TSE Sector Do? -- 1.4 Revenue Structure -- 1.5 Institutional Structure -- 1.6 Longitudinal Changes -- 2 A Diverse Sector: Regional Variations. 2.1 Regional Variations in Overall TSE Sector Scale -- 2.2 Regional Variations in the Institutional Composition of the TSE Sector Workforce -- 2.3 Regional Variations in European TSE Sector Functions and Revenue Patterns -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 Explaining Cross-national Variations in TSE Sector Dimensions -- Appendix 1: Estimates of TSE Sector FTE workforce in EU and Norway, by Component, 2014 -- Appendix 2: Methodology for Estimating the Size of the Third Sector in Europe -- Nonprofit Institutions (NPIs) -- Cooperatives and Mutual Societies -- Social Enterprises -- Direct Volunteering -- Estimation of the TSE Sector Size -- Estimation of Service and Expressive Shares of the Workforce -- Estimation of TSE Sector Revenue Shares -- Summary of Sources of Data on TSE Sector Average Annual Employment Changes by Country -- References -- 4: The Roles and Impacts of the Third Sector in Europe -- 1 Impact Areas -- 2 Selected Evidence of TSIs -- 2.1 Some Methodological Challenges -- 2.2 Impact on Civic Engagement, Empowerment, Advocacy and Community Building -- 2.3 Impact on Well-being and Quality of Life -- 2.4 Impact on Human Resources -- 2.5 Impact on Social Innovation -- 3 Can the TSE Sector Expand Civil Liberties and the Public Sphere? -- 4 Does the European Third Sector make a Socioeconomic Impact? -- References -- 5: Barriers to Third Sector Development -- 1 Introduction: A Success Story and a Clouded Horizon -- 2 Third Sector Impact Country Clusters -- 3 Third Sector Environment -- 3.1 Societal and Economic Trends -- 3.2 European Union as a Key Actor? -- 4 Barriers to Third Sector Development -- 4.1 Common Barriers -- 4.2 Regional Diversity and Regime-specific Barriers to TSO Development -- 4.2.1 From Liberal to Welfare Partnership to Liberal Again-The UK. 4.2.2 Welfare Partnership Countries: Adjustment to a Changed Social Policy Environment-Germany, the Netherlands, Austria -- 4.2.3 The Social-Democratic Model on the Retreat -- 4.2.4 Struggling with the Past and Catching up on the Edge: Croatia and Poland -- 4.2.5 In between Statism and Welfare Partnership: France and Spain -- Appendix -- Stakeholder Survey -- References -- 6: The Road Ahead: A Policy Agenda for the Third Sector in Europe -- 1 Three Scenarios -- 2 The Civic Economy Strategy: A Policy Agenda for Europe -- 2.1 Improving the Legitimacy and Visibility of the Third Sector in Europe -- 2.1.1 Improvement of the Sector's Knowledge Base -- 2.1.2 Enhance Visibility through European Statutes for TSOs -- 2.1.3 Make the Voice of the Sector Heard -- 2.1.4 Help TSOs to Market Themselves -- 2.1.5 Get the Public Back In-Provide Space for Third Sector Activities -- 2.2 Improving Third Sector Finances and Government-Third Sector Partnership -- 2.2.1 Get Structural Funds Back In -- 2.2.2 Lift up the Burden of Procurement Procedures -- 2.2.3 Facilitate Access to Capital Markets and to Alternative Sources of Financing -- 3 Fostering Foundations' Supportive Role of the Third Sector in Europe -- 4 Improving the Attractiveness of TSOs -- 4.1 Renewing the Third Sector's Values -- 4.2 Increase the Attractiveness of TSOs as Employers -- 4.3 Increase the Attractiveness of TSOs for Volunteers -- 4.4 Increase the Attractiveness of TSOs for Honorary Board Members -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- References -- Index.
9783319714738
Electronic books.
HV70-72
361.7094