Overview
- First international volume to look at governance in TSO is Asia
- Based on a 3-year comparative study conducted at the CACOM Center at the University of Technology, Sydney
- Cases represent a wide variety of Asian culture and religion, historical and colonial past, and legal and political tradition
Part of the book series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies (NCSS)
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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 stakeholders; relating the organization to its wider society) is generally seen as the role of the board of directors or the governing board. In of other parts of the world, specifically Asia, not much is known about the organization and running of these groups.
The book – the first of its kind – establishes new theory and knowledge in the area of third sector organizations (TSOs) in Asia. The main purpose of this book is to draw the attention of Asia's TSOs on the importance of good governance. It documents variety of approaches, and identifies socio-cultural, economic, and political dynamics and impacts of different models of TSO governance. The combined information from the contributions in this work will ensure the sustainability of TSOs throughout Asia.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Country Chapters
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Comparative Third Sector Governance in Asia
Book Subtitle: Structure, Process, and Political Economy
Editors: Samiul Hasan, Jenny Onyx
Series Title: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75567-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75566-3Published: 24 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2596-1Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75567-0Published: 08 January 2008
Series ISSN: 1568-2579
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 342
Topics: Sociology, general, Political Science, Regional and Cultural Studies