Frontmatter -- Preface / Katz, Stanley N. -- Contents -- Introduction / Anheier, Helmut Κ. / Seibel, Wolfgang -- Part I. The Third Sector Between the Market and the State -- 1.1. Sociological and Political Science Approaches to the Third Sector / Seibel, Wolfgang / Anheier, Helmut K. -- 1.2. Economic Theories of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Perspective / James, Estelle -- 1.3 Modem Welfare State Policy Toward the Nonprofit Sector: Some Efficiency – Equity Dilemmas / Simon, John G. -- Part II. Organizational Theory and Behavior -- 2.1. Institutional Choice and Organizational Behavior in the Third Sector / Anheier, Helmut K. -- 2.2. Institutional Choice and the Nonprofit Sector / Badelt, Christoph -- 2.3. The Economic Role of Commercial Nonprofits: The Evolution of the U.S. Savings Bank Industry / Hansmann, Henry -- 2.4. Nonprofit Organizations and Consumer Policy: The Swedish Model / Pestoff, Victor A. -- 2.5. Para-Government Organization in the Provision of Public Services: Three Explanations / Hood, Christopher / Folke Schuppert, Gunnar -- 2.6. Organizational Behavior and Organizational Function: Toward a Micro–Macro Theory of the Third Sector / Seibel, Wolfgang -- 2.7. Competition, Resources, and Strategy in the British Nonprofit Sector / Saxon-Harrold, Susan Κ. E. -- 2.8. Voluntary Organizations and Accountability: Theory and Practice / Leat, Diana -- Part III. The Public and the Private: Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy -- 3.1. Efficiency, Funding, and Autonomy in the Third Sector / Rose-Ackerman, Susan -- 3.2. Achievement in Public and Private Secondary Education in the Netherlands / Van Laarhoven, Peter / Bakker, Bart / Dronkers, Jaap / Schijf, Huibert -- 3.3. Public Money, Voluntary Action: Whose Welfare? / Knapp, Martin / Robertson, Eileen / Thomason, Corinne -- 3.4. The Nonprofit Sector and Government: The American Experience in Theory and Practice / Salomon, Lester M. -- 3.5. The Relationship Between Voluntary Associations and State Agencies in the Provision of Social Services at the Local Level / Lloyd, Peter C. -- 3.6. Nonprofit Social Service Agencies and the Welfare State: Some Research Considerations / Kramer, Ralph M. -- Part IV. The Third Sector: International Perspectives -- 4.1. Nonprofit Organizations in International Perspective / Bauer, Rudolph -- 4.2. The Nonprofit Sector in a Centrally Planned Economy / Marschall, Miklós -- 4.3. Public Authorities and the Nonprofit Sector in France / Archambault, Edith -- 4.4. The Nonprofit Sector in Switzerland: Taxonomy and Dimensions / Wagner, Antonin -- 4.5 A Profile of the Third Sector in West Germany / Anheier, Helmut K. -- 4.6. The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in the Spanish Health Care Market / Rovira Forns, Juan -- 4.7. Traditional Neighborhood Associations in Industrial Society: The Case of Japan / Thränhardt, Anna Maria -- 4.8. Private Voluntary Organizations and the Third World: The Case of Africa / Anheier, Helmut K. -- Part V. Conclusion -- 5. The Third Sector in Comparative Perspective: Four Propositions / Anheier, Helmut K. / Seibel, Wolfgang -- Biographical Notes -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter