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Both the private for-profit and the non-profit (or ‘third’) sectors provide what economists call public goods. The division of labour between these sectors, however, differs substantially across countries in terms of both qualitative and quantitative dimensions. Such cross-national differences are illustrated in the present paper with respect to France and West Germany. The autonomy of the state, the nature of the dominant actors and their style of interaction are identified as crucial variables shaping the linkage patterns of government/third-sector relationship. The cross-national comparison allows for the hypothesis that different patterns of government/third-sector linkages also shape different degrees of institutional adaptiveness in a changing political and economic environment.
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Seibel, W. Government/third-sector relationship in a comparative perspective: the cases of France and West Germany. Voluntas 1, 42–60 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01398491
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