Books in the Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations series

This volume uses original research to assess the innovative capacity of voluntary organizations and develops a theory of innovation in non-market and nonprofit conditions.

Presents contemporary research into the voluntary sector in Europe. This book explores its contribution to European society as well as the key challenges it faces, drawing from both economics and sociology.

This book investigates the remarkable growth of the 'third sector', focusing on social enterprises, their characteristics, their contribution and their future prospects.

Develops a theory of social enterprise through a comparative analysis of 160 social enterprises across 11 EU countries. With contributions from a list of academics, all members of the EMES European Research Network, this book is useful for academics, researchers and students in the fields of the third sector and social policies.

This book brings together analyses of public and non-profit organizations based upon some of the best recent empirical studies, and uses a new theoretical framework to highlight the paradoxical nature of governance.