Article
Government Mapping of the Third Sector: A Government Innovation for Regulation and Coordination? Perspectives From the Third Sector
International Journal of Public Administration
(2015)
Abstract
This article examines the policy tool of a registry of civil society organizations in a regulatory transparency framework. A registry serves as a government ‘mapping’ tool by collecting data on civil society and nonprofit organizations. Do government efforts to map the third sector hinder or foster nonprofit organizations’ capacity and their coordination? The balance between regulation and the strengthening of nonprofit organizations’ capacity and the coordination of goods and services through government innovations like the registries—i.e., third sector mappings—might indeed have the potential to foster a more effective and efficient third sector.
Keywords
- third-sector mapping,
- government innovation,
- registries of civil society organizations,
- regulation transparency mechanisms
Disciplines
Publication Date
June, 2015
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2014.956896
Citation Information
Appe, S. (2015). Government mapping of the third sector: A government innovation for regulation and coordination? Perspectives from the third sector. International Journal of Public Administration, 38(10), 724-733. doi:10.1080/01900692.2014.956896