International standard classifications were built to simplify the complex world of the business sector and analyse the international exchange of goods. Therefore they are less fitted to the classification of social economy organizations(SEO) and provision of services. Firstly this chapter...

La comparaison des secteurs non lucratifs américain et français commence par un état des lieux en 1995. Les données empiriques strictement comparables sont interprétées par les ideal-types libéral anglo-saxon et partenarial européen de bien-être. Dans un deuxième temps, on analyse...

The European Union in its widening movement shows five clusters of Third sector organisations with complex bonds and ties with the surrounding societies and national identities In introduction, we compare briefly the Europe's Third sector features to North America's ones (Historical and...

After a brief historical background of social economy in France, the paper recalls the origin of the project of a social economy satelleite account. It shows that cooperatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations are invisible in the central framework of national accounts. In a second...

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 :...

The first satellite account of nonprofit institutions, following the UN Manual of NPIs in the SNA, was issued at INSEE, the French statistical office, in 2005. This article outlines firstly the methodology and then shows the main results of this satellite account. It also adds data on voluntary...

La première partie de cet article précise les concepts qui prévalent dans le champ de l'économie sociale et leurs diverses acceptions selon les pays avant de montrer l'apport du Manuel de l'ONU sur les institutions sans but lucratif(ISBL). La seconde partie, à partir de l'apport du compte...

In December 2008, ILO recommended to add to the Labour Force Survey a brief questionnaire to measure volunteer work. The paper analyses firstly the methodological weaknesses of the existing surveys, in France and some Anglo-saxon countries to show that a standardisation is necessary. Then it...

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,...

After a brief overview of the historical background, the main object of this chapter is to analyse the type of relationship that have been developed between the government, at its different levels, and the non-profit organisations, in the recent years, and the consequences of these new...