Voluntary organisations and the social state in the European Community
| Autor: | Diana Robbins |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science Scope (project management) business.industry Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject Mixed economy Context (language use) Social Welfare Public relations Public administration State (polity) Scale (social sciences) Economics Business and International Management business Welfare media_common Social policy |
| Zdroj: | Voluntas. 1:98-128 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7888 0957-8765 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01397440 |
| Popis: | Accurate comparison of the social welfare systems operating in the twelve countries of the European Community is inhibited by lack of information about the voluntary or ‘non-governmental’ organisations which form an important element in those systems. This paper summarises available information about the scale and scope of voluntary organisations, and attempts to set them in the context of current policy debates. The changing nature of the family in Europe, the development of ‘mixed economies’ in the provision of welfare, the functions of NGOs as employers and organisers of volunteering, the future of NGOs after 1992, and in the context of a steadily more open Europe are some of the themes which are preoccupying voluntary organisations in most countries of the Community. The paper refers to the inadequacy of most data on NGOs atnational level and to the consequent impossibility of constructing valid cross-national comparisons. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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