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The emerging nonprofit sector

by Lester M. Salamon · 1996

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Provides a comparative analysis of the findings of individual empirical assessments of the scope, structure and financing of the nonprofit sector in twelve countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Japan, Brazil, Ghana, Egypt, Thailand, and India. Explores the global scale of this sector, its sources of revenue, and differences between the countries analyzed.

Non-governmental organizationsNonprofit organizationsEmployeesSocial serviceVolunteersSocial workersBenevoles en service socialAssociation sans but lucratifNonprofit-BereichTravailleurs sociauxAnalyse comparativeSociale dienstverlening