Whither the Non-profit Sector?

摘要

In the developing world, they are called NGOs or non-governmental organisations. In industrialised and post-industrial countries, a wide variety of organisations are called 'non-profits'. In return for exemption from taxes, these organisations (called 501(c)s in the US) are expected to serve the public good. The authors of the four books being examined here develop distinct perspectives on how non-profit organisations can and should function in advanced capitalist societies. The differences are the result, in part, of the subsets of organisations which are the focus of their research.