Introduction : From third sector to social enterprise

Abstract

In almost all industrialised countries, we are witnessing today a remarkable growth in the ‘third sector’, i.e. in socio-economic initiatives which belong neither to the traditional private for-profit sector nor to the public sector. These initiatives generally derive their impetus from voluntary organisations, and operate under a wide variety of legal structures. In many ways they represent the new or renewed expression of civil society against a background of economic crisis, the weakening of social bonds and difficulties of the welfare state.

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