This article provides a critical examination of the scientific literature published in Spain and internationally on the Non-Profit Third Sector. It focuses on three issues: firstly, the controversy regarding the name and conception of this social sector; secondly, the theories justifying this...

In this paper, we intend to analyze some scientific questions of current importance in the Social Economy field and Non-profit sector. In the first place, we show the growing economical importance of this field in Europe, based on the results obtained in the last transnational study. Secondly,...

Participation – democratic functioning – is one of the main elements which make up social economy companies. Within this, certain experiences which aim to solve recently appeared social problems (social integration, fair trade companies, etc.), have been denominated New Social Economy. From...