Exchange, Reciprocity, and Citizenship—Principles of Access and the Challenge to Human Rights in the Third Sector: An Australian Perspective

Empirical studies of welfare provisioning through nonprofit welfare agencies in Australia in the late 1990s are examined to develop from a social justice perspective the features of the nonprofit sector that distinguish it from the state and market. Findings reveal that in a context of growing marke...

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Authors: Short, Patricia M. (Author) ; Mutch, Allyson (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 114-127
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Keywords:
Customer satisfaction
Human Rights
Nonprofit organizations
Public Welfare
Contracting out
Welfare recipient attitudes
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Summary:Empirical studies of welfare provisioning through nonprofit welfare agencies in Australia in the late 1990s are examined to develop from a social justice perspective the features of the nonprofit sector that distinguish it from the state and market. Findings reveal that in a context of growing marketization of state and third sector services, effective third-sector organizations will be discerned by a clear commitment to inclusive forms of delivery that are intrinsically founded upon human rights and their capacity to respond to the requirements of marginalized peoples more or less unconditionally.