Handbook on Third Sector Policy in Europe

Handbook on Third Sector Policy in Europe

Multi-Level Processes and Organized Civil Society

Kendall, Jeremy

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

06/2011

424

Mole

Inglês

9781849802758

15 a 20 dias

This Handbook is the first attempt to systematically examine, empirically and analytically, the contours of the third sector policy process in the European Union (EU).
Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND NATIONAL POLICY SITUATIONS 1. Terra Incognita: Third Sectors and European Policy Processes Jeremy Kendall 2. Germany: On the Social Policy Centrality of the Free Welfare Associations Annette Zimmer, Anja Appel, Claudia Dittrich, Chris Lange, Birgit Sittermann, Freja Stallmann and Jeremy Kendall 3. The Third Sector and the Policy Process in France: The Centralized Horizontal Third Sector Community Faced with the Reconfiguration of the State-centred Republican Model Laurent Fraisse 4. The UK: Ingredients in a Hyperactive Horizontal Policy Environment Jeremy Kendall 5. The Third Sector and the Policy Process in Italy: Between Mutual Accommodation and New Forms of (Blurred) Partnership Costanzo Ranci, Mauro Pellegrino and Emmanuele Pavolini 6. The Third Sector and the Policy Process in Spain: The Emergence of a New Policy Player Teresa Montagut 7. The Third Sector and the Policy Process in the Netherlands: A Study in Invisible Ink Taco Brandsen and Wim van de Donk 8. Sweden: When Strong Third Sector Historical Roots Meet EU Policy Processes Lars-Erik Olsson, Marie Nordfeldt, Ola Larsson and Jeremy Kendall 9. The Third Sector and the Policy Process in the Czech Republic: Self-Limiting Dynamics Pavol Fric PART II: MULTI-LEVEL POLICY CASES 10. The European Statute of Association: Why Still an Obscure but Contested Symbol in a Sea of Indifference and Scepticism? Jeremy Kendall and Laurent Fraisse 11. European Social Fund Local Social Capital Pilots and Mainstreamed Global Grants: On the Troubled Trajectory of Third Sector Policy Transfer Isabel Crowhurst and Jeremy Kendall 12. National Action Plans on Social Inclusion: Opportunities for the Third Sector? Taco Brandsen, Emmanuele Pavolini, Costanzo Ranci, Birgit Sittermann and Annette Zimmer 13. The European Employment Strategy, Social Economy and Employment Policy: Coordination Failure and Neglect in the Face of Fragmentation and Complexity Jeremy Kendall and Taco Brandsen 14. A New Settlement for Europe: Towards Open, Transparent and Regular Dialogue with Representative Associations and Civil Society'? Catherine Will and Jeremy Kendall 15. The United Nations' International Year of Volunteers: A Significant Non-EU Transnational Initiative for European Countries? Angela Ellis Paine, Jeremy Kendall and Simone Baglioni PART III: THE EU INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 16. The Third Sector and the Brussels Dimension: Trans-EU Governance Work in Progress Jeremy Kendall, Catherine Will and Taco Brandsen 17. Concluding Observations: A Diverse and Evolving Third Sector Policy Landscape Jeremy Kendall Glossary Index
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