In many countries, particularly in continental Europe, societies
have been plagued by high unemployment for several decades.
Simultaneously, due to recent shifts from industrial to
service-oriented post-industrial societies, labor as a significant
culture code is increasingly loosing importance. Because of this,
the third or voluntary sector as a place of employment and as a
service agency to society has become important for Europe as
indicated by the 1997 Communication of the European Commission and
various declarations by the European Parliament and the EU's
Economic and Social Council.
Strategy Mix for Nonprofit Organizations: Vehicles for Social
and Labor Market Integration explores the role of the third sector
in Europe, where unemployment is high and in North America, where
unemployment is rising and exploring the "gaps" that the third
sector is fulfilling: both as a social service and as an
employer.
The volume is organized into two distinctive parts. Part 1: The
Nonprofit-Sector and Social Integration highlights the embeddedness
of the sector in selected countries; it discusses how the sector is
currently affected by changes of public policy particularly in the
traditional social-democratic welfare state regimes, and it draws
our attention to the sector's potentials to provide avenues for
social integration, self-actualization and civic empowerment.
Part 2: Labor Concepts and Market Integration refers to the
multifunctionality of third sector organizations discussing
potentials of workplace as well as community involvement via
nonprofit organizations.
This seminal volume will be of interest to those in the
nonprofit sector, organizational management and economics,
political scientists and other researchers working with nonprofit
organizations and civil society studies on an international
level.
General
Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies |
Release date: |
April 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Editors: |
Annette E. Zimmer
• Christina Stecker
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
320 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-306-48486-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Industry & industrial studies >
General
|
LSN: |
0-306-48486-2 |
Barcode: |
9780306484865 |
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