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Global Civil Society and the Third Sector in China

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Transnational Transfers and Global Development

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According to Theodore Levitt (Levitt 1973), every society has three types of organizations – public, private, and organizations that are neither public nor private. Organizations in the last category have been variably labeled as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofit organizations (NPOs), volunteer organizations, tax-exempt organizations, civic organizations, and so on. Levitt calls them the third sector.

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Wang, H. (2012). Global Civil Society and the Third Sector in China. In: Brown, S.S. (eds) Transnational Transfers and Global Development. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230357495_5

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