This book explores key policy issues for the non-profit sector against a background of increasing competition, new public management and ever decreasing budgets. Key questions raised include: Is the nonprofit sector in crisis? What policy models are being discussed, and what are their implications? How can nonprofit organisations negotiate a course between commercialization and tighter government regulation?

Chapter 1 Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads, Helmut K. Anheier, Lisa Carlson, Jeremy Kendall; Chapter 2 The Nonprofit Sector at a Crossroads, Lester M. Salamon; Chapter 3 Putting Narrow-Mindedness out of Countenance, Nicholas Deakin; Chapter 4 Decentring America's Nonprofit Sector, Jennifer Wolch; Chapter 5 What Crises, What Challenges?, Paul Dekker; Chapter 6 The Role of Philanthropic Foundations, Elizabeth T. Boris, Julian Wolpert; Chapter 7 Corporate Philanthropy's Future, Dwight F. Burlingame; Chapter 8 On 'The role of philanthropic foundations: lessons from America's experience with private foundations', Leat Diana; Chapter 9 Corporatism Revisited, Zimmer Annette; Chapter 10 The Third Sector and the European Union Policy Process, Jeremy Kendall, Helmut K. Anheier; Chapter 11 The Distinction Between Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized NPOs, Masayuki Deguchi; Chapter 12 The American Third Sector at the End of the Twentieth Century, Eleanor L. Brilliant; Chapter 13 NGOs and Their Vulnerabilities During the Time of Transition, Regulska Joanna; Chapter 14 Different Eastern European Countries at Different Crossroads, Kuti Éva; Chapter 15 Civil Organizations in Mexico, José Luis Méndez; Chapter 16 Beyond the crossroads, Cariño Ledivina V.; Chapter 17 South Africa, Habib Adam, Taylor Rupert; Chapter 18 Conclusion, Kendall Feremy, Anheier Helmut K.;