| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 341 pages) |
| Series |
Nonprofit and civil society studies |
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Nonprofit and civil society studies.
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| Contents |
INTRODUCTION. Third sector organisation governance: introducing the themes and the chapters / Samiul Hasan, Mark Lyons, and Jenny Onyx -- SETTING THE SCENE. Third sector growth and governance: contexts, and traditions in Asia / Samiul Hasan -- Legal environment for TSO governance: a comparative overview of six Asian countries / Ishwara Bhat and Samiul Hasan -- Perceptions of third sector governance in Asia / Ma Oliva Z. Domingo and Samiul Hasan -- DESCRIPTIVE FINDINGS AND ANALYSES. Asian third sector organisation and governance structure / Yashavantha Dongre and Shanthi Gopalan -- Third sector organisations and governance process / Jenny Onyx -- Third sector organisation accountability and performance / Jenny Onyx -- THEORETICAL ANALYSES. Collective governance: an alternative model of third sector governance / Ledivina V. Cariño -- Three models of organisational governance in Asia's third sector / Mark Lyons and Ian Nivison-Smith -- Experiences of third sector governance in Asia: a political economy analysis / Samiul Hasan -- CONCLUSION. Governance approach in Asia's third sector: adapted western or modified Asian? / Samiul Hasan and Jenny Onyx -- COUNTRY CHAPTERS. Third sector governance in China: structure, process and relationship / Yuanzhu Ding -- Third sector governance in India / Yashavantha Dongre and Shanthi Gopalan -- Third sector organisation governance in Indonesia: regulations, initiatives and models / Maria R. Nindita Radyati -- Governance in the Philippine third sector: highlights from the country study / Ma Oliva Z. Domingo -- Third sector organisation governance in Thailand: regulations and perceptions / Juree Vichit -- Third sector governance in Vietnam / Le Bach Duong and Khuat Thu Hong |
| Summary |
Non-profit organizations, NGOs and other third sector organizations are increasingly playing a central role in achieving and sustaining a prosperous economy and a just civil society in countries around the world. While their importance is widely acknowledged, their sustainability is not guaranteed and depends to a large extent on effectiveness and accountability of their governance. In Europe and North America, the governance of these organizations (setting directions and strategies; identifying and ensuring type and quality of goods and services; defining and maintaining relations among the s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Nonprofit organizations -- Government policy -- Asia
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Nonprofit organizations.
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Organizations, Nonprofit
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nonprofit organizations.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History.
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Nonprofit organizations -- Government policy -- Asia.
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Nonprofit organizations -- Government policy
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Culture -- Study and teaching
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Political science
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Social sciences
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Sociology
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hasan, Samiul, 1954-
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Onyx, Jenny, 1941-
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| LC no. |
2007939076 |
| ISBN |
9780387755663 |
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0387755667 |
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9786611179991 |
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6611179992 |
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