European Civil Societies Compared: Typically German-Typically French?

Edith Archambault (), Eckhart Priller and Annette Zimmer
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Edith Archambault: CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Eckhart Priller: WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum fur Sozialforschung - FVB - Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB), Institut fur Politikwissenschaft - LMU - Ludwig Maximilian University [Munich] = Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
Annette Zimmer: WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum fur Sozialforschung - FVB - Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB), Institut fur Politikwissenschaft - LMU - Ludwig Maximilian University [Munich] = Ludwig Maximilians Universität München

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Abstract: France and Germany rely on different historic, religious, administrative and political traditions. In spite of these fundamental differences which should structure the non profit sector of every country, according to the theory of social origins (Salamon1998), the German and French thirdsectors converged during the last decade. They are closer by their economic weight, their composition, the growth of their volunteers and their relations with public authorities more competitive. Two differences remain however: a higher rate of membership and a more important weight of the foundations in Germany

Keywords: Civil society; associations; foundations; volunteering; membership; social origin theory; France; Germany; Société civile; fondations; bénévolat; taux d'adhésion; théorie des origines sociales; Allemagne (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-04
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Published in Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2014, 25 (2), pp.514-537. ⟨10.1007/s11266-013-9349-6⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s11266-013-9349-6

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