Third sector independence: relations with the state in an age of austerity

ABSTRACTThis article examines the issues and the problems confronted by those conducting comparative research of charity-state relations in England, Canada and the United States. It also provides an explanation of why the interaction between charities and the state is important for political science: in part this is because in all three countries charities have become increasingly dependent on government for their income. In section I, the article examines the relationship between the concepts of a third sector, voluntary sector, non-profit sector and charity and concludes that the last might be the most appropriate to employ in comparative analysis. In section 2, the authors argue that in both England and Canada the state is formally responsible for the formation of certain kinds of charities; they also argue that in the United States a stricter separation between state and charity exists but that, in practice, the boundaries between charities and the state and the market are not clear ones.

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A Critical Examination of the State versus Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the Policy Sphere in the Global South: Will the State Die as the NGOs Thrive in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia?

African and Asian Studies ◽

10.1163/156920905774270475 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 301-326 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

A. Sat Obiyan

Keyword(s):

Service Provision ◽

Market Failure ◽

Third Sector ◽

The State ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Critical Examination ◽

Special Focus ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

Sub Saharan

Abstract This paper examines the role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in service provision with a special focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. First, it reviews the conceptual and taxonomic issues in NGOs. It then proceeds to examine the performance of NGOs in some countries. The paper notes the increased relevance of NGOs in many countries. It, however, argues that any expectation that the NGOs will supplant the state in service provision is likely to be utopian. It contends that just as we have government failure and market failure, we can also have third sector failure. The paper argues for an appropriate balance between the state and NGOs in meeting the needs of the poor. It concludes that while it may be necessary to continue to strengthen the private sector and the third sector, it would be useful to continue to inquire into how the state can be effective.

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Barriers to operationalizing intersectionality in equality third sector community development practice: power, austerity, and in/equality

Community Development Journal ◽

10.1093/cdj/bsz025 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 139-158

Author(s):

Ashlee Christoffersen

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Third Sector ◽

The State ◽

Power Relationships ◽

Disability Rights ◽

Racial Justice ◽

Third Sector Organizations ◽

Development Face ◽

Identity Based ◽

Development Practice

Abstract This article explores the barriers that UK equality third sector organizations practising community development face when seeking to operationalize intersectionality. It is based on research with three networks of equality organizations (racial justice, feminist, disability rights, LGBTI rights, refugee organizations, etc.) in cities in England and Scotland employing mixed qualitative methods. Barriers to operationalizing intersectionality including power relationships with the state, challenges relating to neoliberal austerity, and competing discourses of identity-based ‘equalities’ and socioeconomic ‘inequality’ were identified. The article argues that equality third sector organizations are significantly hampered in their attempts to operationalize intersectionality by the low status they occupy vis-à-vis the state and by neoliberal austerity contexts.

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Redes de políticas, terceiro setor e os movimentos de privatização da educação brasileira

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo ◽

10.20873/uft.rbec.e10845 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-29

Author(s):

Ursula Adelaide de Lelis ◽

Leonice Matilde Richter ◽

Vilma Aparecida de Souza ◽

Wane Elayne Soares Eulalio

Keyword(s):

Public Education ◽

Third Sector ◽

Policy Networks ◽

The State ◽

Business Community ◽

Educational Policies ◽

Ruling Class ◽

Public And Private ◽

Leading Role ◽

Definition Of

As a strategy to develop education for productivity, to legitimize the most recent configuration of capitalism, to guarantee the position of the hegemonic-ruling class and to promote the pedagogical market, business groups have organized movements that have assumed a leading role in the definition of educational public policies. When composing a third sector, they develop partnerships that leave the borders between public and private thinner and assume certain functions of the State. This performance maintains organic relations with international companies through policy networks. The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence of the third sector, public-private relations and policy networks in the Brazilian public education. Through the theoretical-documental study, with a quantitative and qualitative approach, the All for Education and the Base Movement were cut out. Analyses show that these movements have marked the transposition of the ideals and actions of the business community to public education, legitimized by partnerships with institutions, governments and the State. Focusing on educational policies, they act as mechanisms for privatization and increased profits, reorienting educational management. The importance of movements and associations for the defense of secular, public and socio-political education endorsed is underlined to challenge and restrain public-private actions in the definition of public educational policies.

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O Turismo de Base Comunitária em uma comunidade ribeirinha da Amazônia: O Caso de Anã na Reserva Extrativista Tapajós-Arapiuns, Santarém (PA)

Revista Brasileira de Ecoturismo (RBEcotur) ◽

10.34024/rbecotur.2017.v10.6621 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Elcivânia de Oliveira Barreto ◽

Maria Goretti da Costa Tavares

Keyword(s):

Third Sector ◽

Field Work ◽

The State ◽

Production Of Space ◽

Community Based ◽

Extractive Reserve ◽

Role Of The State ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Tourism Community

EstEste artigo visou analisar a relação do turismo de base comunitária e o uso do território na comunidade ribeirinha de Anã no município de Santarém, estado do Pará. Sendo assim, neste artigo, trazemos uma breve análise do turismo de base comunitária desenvolvido em Anã, uma comunidade ribeirinha situada em uma unidade de conservação localizada no município de Santarém, denominada de Reserva Extrativista Tapajós-Arapiuns. Neste estudo, ainda levamos em consideração o papel do Estado e da ONG Projeto Saúde e Alegria na produção do espaço para o TBC. Desta forma, realizamos uma revisão bibliográfica sobre TBC, Estado e Terceiro Setor, fundamental para subsidiar a realização do trabalho de campo. Destarte, partimos da premissa que o turismo de base comunitária é uma contraponto ao turismo convencional, por assim dizer uma contra-racionalidade hegemônica. E é dentro dessa abordagem, que identificamos que o turismo de base comunitária desenvolvido em Anã, ainda não se configura como uma contra-racionalidade, uma vez que a ONG PSA atua com hegemonia frente ao turismo de base comunitária, e isso se perpetua principalmente pelas ações e inações do Estado na comunidade ribeirinha de Anã. The Tourism Community Based on a riverside community of the Amazon: The Case of Anã in Extractive Reserve Tapajos-Arapiuns, Santarém (PA, Brazil) ABSTRACT This article aimed to analyze the relationship of community-based tourism and the use of land in the riverside community of Anã in the municipality of Santarém, state of Pará (Brazil). So in this article we bring brief analysis of community-based tourism developed in Anã, a riverside community located in a protected area in the municipality of Santarém, called Extractive Reserve Tapajos-Arapiuns. This study also took into account the role of the state and the NGO Projeto Saúde e Alegria – PSA in the production of space for TBC. Thus, we conducted a literature review of TBC, State and Third Sector, critical to support the preparation of field work. Thus, we assume that the community-based tourism is a counterpoint to conventional tourism, so to speak a hegemonic counter-rationality. And it is within this approach, we identified that the community-based tourism developed in Anã, is not yet configured as a counter-rationality, since the PSA NGO operates with front hegemony to community-based tourism, and this is mainly perpetuated by actions and inactions of the State in the riverside community Anã. KEYWORDS: Community Based Tourism; Riverside Community of Anã; State; NGO Projeto Saúde e Alegria.

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“Novas” formas e modelos de governança e a gestão da educação e da escola: materializações, tendências e direcionamentos evidenciados nas teses de pesquisadores (as) brasileiros (as)

Revista de Estudios Teóricos y Epistemológicos en Política Educativa ◽

10.5212/retepe.v.6.17373.001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Janete Palú ◽

Ângelo Ricardo de Souza

Keyword(s):

Public Management ◽

New Public Management ◽

School Administration ◽

Academic Research ◽

Third Sector ◽

Data Interpretation ◽

The State ◽

New Governance ◽

State Sector ◽

Education Management

This article aims to trace the state of knowledge about education and school administration, faced to the neoliberal reform links, highlighted in academic research at PhD level (theses) produced by Brazilian researchers. To this end, we analyzed the summary of 25 theses, collected at the Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD), using, for data interpretation, the Content Analysis techniques proposed by Bardin (2016). Those research show that education and school administration have changed with the adoption of "new" governance forms and models, with the managerialism principles and new public management, assuming entrepreneurial features. The performance of private actors, from the third sector and the state sector was evidenced through different arrangements and its combinations in the policies formulation, conduction and execution, as well as in the education management. It is noted that there is an emptying of the concept of democratic administration printed in Brazilian legislation. The theses are consistent with the literature on the subject, presenting a critical and current reading, however there are gaps regarding the broad panorama and the recent transformations and guidelines evidenced in the Brazilian context. Keywords: State of knowledge. Education policies.

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