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Civil Society, the Third Sector and Social Enterprise : Governance and Democracy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317747147
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.3/4
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Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART I -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Civil society governance: hybridization within third-sector and social enterprise domains -- 2 The future of civil society organization governance: beyond managerialism -- 3 Civil society organization governance: more than just a matter for the board -- 4 Governing boards and organizational environments: growing complexities, shifting boundaries -- 5 Civil society organization accountability within governance networks -- 6 Multi-stakeholder governance in civil society organizations: models and outcomes -- 7 Two sides of the governance coin: the missing civil society link -- PART II -- Introduction to Part II -- 8 Rethinking the relationship between governance and democracy: the theoretical framework of the solidarity economy -- 9 Civil society and governance: contemporary challenges -- 10 The social and solidarity economy and Ostrom's approach to common pool resources: towards a better understanding of institutional diversity -- 11 Democratic governance and citizenship -- 12 Differing perspectives on civil society and the state -- 13 Social management and para-economy -- 14 The theory of social enterprise and pluralism: solidarity-type social enterprise -- Index.
Summary: Civil society organizations are playing a key role in addressing global societal and ecological issues, often setting the agenda for public discourse. Therefore, at a time when they are becoming more varied and interwoven than ever, critical analysis of the governance of these organizations and networks, and their role in a democratic society, is particularly important.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART I -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Civil society governance: hybridization within third-sector and social enterprise domains -- 2 The future of civil society organization governance: beyond managerialism -- 3 Civil society organization governance: more than just a matter for the board -- 4 Governing boards and organizational environments: growing complexities, shifting boundaries -- 5 Civil society organization accountability within governance networks -- 6 Multi-stakeholder governance in civil society organizations: models and outcomes -- 7 Two sides of the governance coin: the missing civil society link -- PART II -- Introduction to Part II -- 8 Rethinking the relationship between governance and democracy: the theoretical framework of the solidarity economy -- 9 Civil society and governance: contemporary challenges -- 10 The social and solidarity economy and Ostrom's approach to common pool resources: towards a better understanding of institutional diversity -- 11 Democratic governance and citizenship -- 12 Differing perspectives on civil society and the state -- 13 Social management and para-economy -- 14 The theory of social enterprise and pluralism: solidarity-type social enterprise -- Index.

Civil society organizations are playing a key role in addressing global societal and ecological issues, often setting the agenda for public discourse. Therefore, at a time when they are becoming more varied and interwoven than ever, critical analysis of the governance of these organizations and networks, and their role in a democratic society, is particularly important.

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