
Between Profit and State
Intermediate Organisations in Britain and the United States
Alan J. Ware(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Published on 22. March 1989
Book
Hardback
308 pages
978-0-7456-0581-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is about the many organizations in Britain and the United States which are neither legally part of the state nor permitted to distribute any profits they earn. These 'intermediate organizations' include charities, churches, famine relief agencies, non-state universities, credit unions and social clubs.
In a unique study of this area of the British and American economy, Alan Ware provides a rigorously analytical and historical account of the relationship of intermediate organizations to both the state and the 'for profit' sector. Among other issues, the author considers the disappearance of nineteenth century working class 'mutual' organizations, the growth of profit-making activities by non-profit distributing bodies and the growth and change in voluntarism. He argues that the boundaries between intermediate organizations and the other two 'sectors' are becoming more blurred in a variety of ways and that intermediate organizations do not constitute a separate 'sector' of society.
The book also examines the problems of regulating such organizations and explains the consequences of the British and American practice of having relatively little state intervention in the affairs of such organizations. Finally the author discusses the activities of these organizations in relation to pluralist accounts of the working of liberal democratic states.
In a unique study of this area of the British and American economy, Alan Ware provides a rigorously analytical and historical account of the relationship of intermediate organizations to both the state and the 'for profit' sector. Among other issues, the author considers the disappearance of nineteenth century working class 'mutual' organizations, the growth of profit-making activities by non-profit distributing bodies and the growth and change in voluntarism. He argues that the boundaries between intermediate organizations and the other two 'sectors' are becoming more blurred in a variety of ways and that intermediate organizations do not constitute a separate 'sector' of society.
The book also examines the problems of regulating such organizations and explains the consequences of the British and American practice of having relatively little state intervention in the affairs of such organizations. Finally the author discusses the activities of these organizations in relation to pluralist accounts of the working of liberal democratic states.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-0581-4 (9780745605814)
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Person
Alan Ware is Fellow and Tutor in Politics, Worcesterr College, Oxford. His books include Political Parties (editor, 1987), Between Profit and State (1988), Citizens, Parties and the State (1989) and Electoral Systems: A Comparative and Theoretical Introduction (with Andrew Reeve, 1982).
Content
Mutuals and the Supply of Goods and Services Economic Competition Involving Charities
Financial Autonomy and the "Independent Sector"
The Growth and Transformation of Volunteering
Dangerous Areas of State Involvement?
The Regulation of Intermediate Organizations
Intermediate Organizations and Democracy
Financial Autonomy and the "Independent Sector"
The Growth and Transformation of Volunteering
Dangerous Areas of State Involvement?
The Regulation of Intermediate Organizations
Intermediate Organizations and Democracy