Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal associations have coalesced into a world political force. Though the components of this so-called third sector vary by country, their cumulative effects play an ever-greater role in global affairs. Looking at relief and welfare organizations, innovation organizations, social networks, and many other kinds of groups, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Terry Nichols Clark explore the functions, impacts, and composition of the nonprofit sector in six key countries. Chinese organizations, for example, follow the predominantly Asian model of government funding that links their mission to national political goals. Western groups, by contrast, often explicitly challenge government objectives, and even gain relevance and cache by doing so. In addition, Kallman and Clark examine groups in real-world contexts, providing a wealth of political-historical background, in-depth consideration of interactions with state institutions, region-by-region comparisons, and suggestions for how groups can borrow policy options across systems. Insightful and forward-seeing, The Third Sector provides a rare international view of organizations and agendas driving change in today's international affairs.| Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Democratic Governance and Institutional Logics within the Third Sector 1. Civil Society, Social Capital, and the Growth of the Third Sector 2. The United States 3. France 4. Japan 5. South Korea 6. Taiwan 7. China 8. Looking Forward: Understanding Associations and Trust Patterns Conclusion: Global Themes References Index | "Meghan Kallman and Terry Clark's book, The Third Sector, is a rare and valuable academic endeavor synthesizing the development of the third sector in six case countries, and it sheds light on the relationship between the state and the third sector in each country. . . . This book is a valuable addition to the third sector literature."—Social Service Review

"The Third Sector is a relevant and useful book for political scientists, sociologists, legal scholars, and anthropologists interested in the relationship between states and citizen, regardless of what country/region they study." —American Review of Public Administration

"A worthy addition to the bookshelves of scholars, practitioners and policy makers alike—highly recommended reading."—Voluntas
|Meghan Elizabeth Kallman is an assistant professor in the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Terry Nichols Clark is a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago and the coauthor of The Breakdown of Class Politics: A Debate on Post-Industrial Stratification.