Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. The Third Sector Between the Market and the State -- 1.1. Sociological and Political Science Approaches to the Third Sector -- 1.2. Economic Theories of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Perspective -- 1.3 Modem Welfare State Policy Toward the Nonprofit Sector: Some Efficiency – Equity Dilemmas -- Part II. Organizational Theory and Behavior -- 2.1. Institutional Choice and Organizational Behavior in the Third Sector -- 2.2. Institutional Choice and the Nonprofit Sector -- 2.3. The Economic Role of Commercial Nonprofits: The Evolution of the U.S. Savings Bank Industry -- 2.4. Nonprofit Organizations and Consumer Policy: The Swedish Model -- 2.5. Para-Government Organization in the Provision of Public Services: Three Explanations -- 2.6. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Function: Toward a Micro–Macro Theory of the Third Sector -- 2.7. Competition, Resources, and Strategy in the British Nonprofit Sector -- 2.8. Voluntary Organizations and Accountability: Theory and Practice -- Part III. The Public and the Private: Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy -- 3.1. Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy in the Third Sector -- 3.2. Achievement in Public and Private Secondary Education in the Netherlands -- 3.3. Public Money, Voluntary Action: Whose Welfare? -- 3.4. The Nonprofit Sector and Government: The American Experience in Theory and Practice -- 3.5. The Relationship Between Voluntary Associations and State Agencies in the Provision of Social Services at the Local Level -- 3.6. Nonprofit Social Service Agencies and the Welfare State: Some Research Considerations -- Part IV. The Third Sector: International Perspectives -- 4.1. Nonprofit Organizations in International Perspective -- 4.2. The Nonprofit Sector in a Centrally Planned Economy -- 4.3. Public Authorities and the Nonprofit Sector in France -- 4.4. The Nonprofit Sector in Switzerland: Taxonomy and Dimensions -- 4.5 A Profile of the Third Sector in West Germany -- 4.6. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Spanish Health Care Market -- 4.7. Traditional Neighborhood Associations in Industrial Society: The Case of Japan -- 4.8. Private Voluntary Organizations and the Third World: The Case of Africa -- Part V. Conclusion -- 5. The Third Sector in Comparative Perspective: Four Propositions -- Biographical Notes -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter