Les Institutions Sans But Lucratif en France et aux Etats-Unis

Edith Archambault ()

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Abstract: After having stated some definitions and specified the legal and tax status of nonprofit organizations in France and the USA, this paper begins by comparing the scope of the American and the French third sectors, their structure and resources, using data from the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project. It explains the differences between the two sectors, which are considered to follow the Liberal Anglo-Saxon and European Welfare Partnership ideal-types found in "social origins" theory. Secondly, the paper highlights the evolution of the two sectors from 1995 to 2007. It stresses the reinforcement of the specific features of third sectors, and their path dependency, even if some trends are the same in both countries. Finally, the paper tries to identify the impact of the financial crisis, the economic recession and new social issues facing both third sectors.

Keywords: Nonprofit institutions; membership associations; foundations; social origin theory; path dependence; USA; Institutions sans but lucratif; associations; fondations; public charities; théorie des origines sociales; dépendance de sentier; Etats-Unis; France (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-08
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Published in Florence Degavre, Donatienne Desmette, Eric Mangez (et al.). Transformations et innovations économiques et sociales en Europe : quelles sorties de crise ? Regards interdisciplinaires. Vol. 2, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, pp.393-410, 2010, Cahiers du CIRTES; 5

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