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https://doi.org/10.3935/rsp.v3i3.463
The Private Nonprofit Sector and the Development of the Social System in Croatia
Gojko Bežovan
; Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
This paper deals with the problem of the development of social systems and private nonprofit orgranizations that are becoming increasingly more significant. In the first part of the text, the author explains some basic theoretical issues and defines some important concepts. The phenomenom of the development of nonprofit organizations is approached through an analytical framework of the modernization theory of welfare states. It is conected with the growing importance of different associations. Initially, various associations were established as an expression of interest by specific groups of individuals, and at the time of the welfare state crisis in the 70s, they were recognized as organizations which were able to offer social services more efficiently. This paper also gives the results of the most recent research on the development of the nonprofit sector in developed countries. The research activities mostly dealt with the privatization of social services via nonprofit organizations. The paper also includes the most recent research results aimed at explaining the specific character of the nonprofit sector in different countries. There is also a presentation of the theory of social origin. As for the development of this sector in countries in transition, the results of the most recent research in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary are given. Nonprofit organizations in Croatia are part of the initiatives aimed at satisfying welfare requirements. The development policy of these organizations is left to a centralized and bureaucratized social system, insensitive to the citizens' and experts' initiatives. The political paternalism of the state is also a obstacle to the development of this sector. There are no adequate tax regulations in Croatia that would encourage the development of these organizations. The nonprofit organizations themselves are not capable of determining their own sustainable development. More serious initiatives for the development of the nonprofit sector can only come from abroad.
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Hrčak ID:
29845
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Datum izdavanja:
1.3.1996.
Posjeta: 3.215 *