Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article is principally an agenda‐setting piece based on a personal‐critical reflection from someone who has a long history of being involved in the third sector as both a researcher and as someone who has been engaged in steering its governance processes (regarding policy and regulation development). It highlights key third‐sector research that has featured in FAM since its inception in 1985 (“reflections”) and outlines research ideas (“directions”) as an encouragement to researchers to focus on third‐sector organizations (TSOs). It argues that theoretically based, empirically grounded, rigorous research and critical reflection in the third sector are vitally important, having the potential to contribute to the protection, health, and growth of the valuable social capital that is generated by TSOs.
DOI: 10.1111/faam.12438
Author: Noel Hyndman
Institution: Queen's University Belfast
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,900
OpenAlex ID: W4410141685