Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) The Non-profit Sector in a Changing Economy

Recent socio-economic trends, welfare state reform; the emergence of civil society and democracy have highlighted the growing significance of the non-profit sector - a sector between state and market - often associated with concepts such as 'social economy', 'third sector', 'voluntary sector', 'third system', 'independent sector' and, more recently, 'social entrepreneurship'. This sector is facin...