The specifity of third sector: types and dinamics

Abstract

The interest for the associative subjetcs situated among State and market has grown in the last decades. Many different names has been used for this associative subjects with a diverse range or formalitation and institutionalitation: non profit organizations, third sector, social private, third system, etc. These pages try to supply a contribution from the sight of a sociology of the organizations theory. It tells about the main and more meaningful aportations of the management experts. This is the start point to individualize the specific characters of a king of organizations that are quite different from those of the public sector and the market.