Major trends (1995-2005) in the French Nonprofit sectors are the following: An increased awareness of the importance , an increased support of central and local governments and more professionalized organizations and more anti-establishment new voluntary organizations. Three major issues :...

On esquisse l'histoire du secteur sans but lucratif, histoire qui a laissé des strates successives qui expliquent en partie sa structure actuelle. Puis, on examine le poids économique de ce Tiers secteur, à partir des premiers résultats, du compte des institutions sans but lucratif,...

Comparativement aux pays de développement comparable, il y a très peu de fondations en France et le statut associatif est le plus souvent préféré pour promouvoir des causes d'intérêt général. Les causes historiques et juridiques de cette désaffection sont analysées avant que l'on...

This article is an entry to be published in an International Encyclopedia of Civil Society in 2009. Mutual organizations exist everywhere in developed and developing countreies as well. After a definition founded on social economy principles, the paper gives the historical background of mutual...

Cet article rappelle les objectifs du programme Johns Hopkins de comparaison internationale du secteur sans but lucratif, qui a servi de cadre aux enquêtes sur le bénévolat en France et en Europe. Avant d'analyser les résultats de ces enquêtes, on s'interroge sur les problèmes...

In France, like in other Western European countries, the third sector has been on a steady increase during the last decade as the results of the Johns Hopkins comparative project shows it. Today nonprofit organisations play also an increasing role in labour market policies. In a country with a...

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...