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Welfare Mix and Hybridity. Flexible Adjustments to Changed Environments. Introduction to the Special Issue

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Abstract

Present day welfare societies rely on a complex mix of different providers ranging from the state, markets, family, and non-profit organizations to unions, grassroots organizations, and informal networks. At the same time changing welfare discourses have opened up space for new partnerships, divisions of labor, and responsibilities between these actors. For nonprofit organizations this means that they operate in complex institutional environments where different institutions and logics compete with each other. In this special issue we have collected a number of articles that analyze how organizations and organizational fields adjust to a new environment that is increasingly dominated by the logic of the market, and how in particular nonprofit organizations, as hybrids by definition, are able to cope with new demands, funding structures, and control mechanism.

Resume

Les sociétés de protection sociale actuelles reposent sur un mélange complexe de différents prestataires qui vont de l’État, des marchés, de la famille et des organisations à but non lucratif aux syndicats, aux organisations populaires et aux réseaux informels. Parallèlement, le changement de discours sur la protection sociale a ouvert la voie à de nouveaux partenariats, à une répartition du travail et des responsabilités nouvelles entre ces acteurs. Pour les organisations à but non lucratif, cela signifie qu’elles œuvrent dans des environnements institutionnels complexes où différentes institutions et logiques entrent en conflit l’une avec l’autre. Dans ce numéro spécial, nous avons rassemblé un certain nombre d’articles qui analysent la façon dont les organisations et les domaines organisationnels s’adaptent à un nouvel environnement de plus en plus dominé par la logique du marché, et comment les organisations à but non lucratif, en particulier, hybrides par définition, sont capables de faire face aux nouvelles exigences, aux structures de financement et au mécanisme de contrôle.

Zusammenfassung

Die Sozialstaaten von heute sind von einer komplexen Mischung aus unterschiedlichen Anbietern abhängig, die vom Staat, den Märkten, der Familie und gemeinnützigen Organisationen bis hin zu Gewerkschaften, Basisorganisationen und informellen Netzwerken reichen. Gleichzeitig haben die sich ändernden Diskussionen über das Sozialwesen Raum für neue Partnerschaften, neue Arbeitsteilung und neue Verantwortungen für diese Akteure geschaffen. Für gemeinnützige Organisationen bedeutet das, dass sie unter komplexen institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen arbeiten, in denen unterschiedliche Institutionen und Logiken miteinander konkurrieren. In dieser Sonderausgabe haben wir eine Reihe von Artikeln zusammengetragen, in denen untersucht wird, wie sich Organisationen und Organisationsbereiche an eine neue Umgebung anpassen, die vermehrt von der Marktlogik dominiert wird, und wie insbesondere gemeinnützige Organisationen, die gemäß Definition Hybridorganisationen sind, mit neuen Anforderungen, Finanzierungsstrukturen und Kontrollmechanismen umgehen.

Resumen

Las sociedades actuales de bienestar social se basan en una mezcla compleja de diferentes proveedores que van desde el estado, los mercados, la familia y las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro hasta sindicatos, organizaciones de base y redes informales. Al mismo tiempo, los cambiantes discursos sobre el bienestar han abierto un espacio para nuevas asociaciones, divisiones de la tarea, y responsabilidades entre dichos actores. Para las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro, esto significa que operan en entornos institucionales complejos en los que diferentes instituciones y lógicas compiten entre sí. En este número especial, hemos recopilado una serie de artículos que analizan cómo las organizaciones y los campos organizativos se ajustan a un nuevo entorno que cada vez está más dominado por la lógica del mercado, y cómo en particular las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro, como los híbridos por definición, pueden hacer frente a nuevas demandas, estructuras de financiación y mecanismos de control.

摘要

目前。福利国家离不开各种各样不同的福利供应团体,这些团体包括从国家、市场、家庭、非盈利性机构到联合会、基层组织以及非正式网络等的多种类型。同时,改变福利话语为这些团体之间的合伙、劳动分工、责任分工打开了的新的空间,对于非盈利机构而言,这意味着他们在复杂的体制环境中运行,不同的机构和供给来源之间相互竞争。我们针对这一特殊问题收集了一些文章,这些文章分析了组织机构如何根据新的、越来越以逻辑为主导的市场环境进行自身调整和领域调整,尤其是,非盈利性机构(根据定义,非盈利性机构属于混合型)是如何应对新的需求、融资结构和控制机制的。

ملخص

في الوقت الحالي الجمعيات الخيرية تعتمد على مزيج معقد من مختلف مقدمي الخدمات يتراوح بين الدولة، الأسواق، الأسرة، والمنظمات الغير ربحية إلى النقابات، المنظمات الشعبية، والشبكات الغير رسمية. في نفس الوقت تغيير محاضرات الرفاهية فتح مساحة لإقامة شراكات جديدة، تقسيم العمل، المسؤوليات بين هذه الجهات. للمنظمات الغير هادفة للربح وهذا يعني أنها تعمل في البيئات المؤسسية المعقدة حيث المؤسسات والمنطق مختلفة تتنافس مع بعضها البعض. في هذا الإصدارالخاص جمعنا عدة مقالات التي تحلل كيفية يتم تأقلم المنظمات والمجالات التنظيمية في بيئة جديدة يهيمن عليها منطق السوق بصورة متزايدة ، وكيف خاصة المنظمات الغير هادفة للربح، كما الهجينة بحكم تعريفها، قادرة على التأقلم مع المطالب الجديدة، هياكل التمويل، وآلية المراقبة.

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First drafts of the articles published in this special issue were presented at the “Welfare Mix, Hybridity and Government–Nonprofit Relationships in Post-Modern Welfare States” conference held March 21st and 22nd 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This conference was sponsored jointly by the “Danish Research Network for Civil Society and Volunteering Studies” and “Fondation Crédit Coopératif.”

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Henriksen, L.S., Smith, S.R. & Zimmer, A. Welfare Mix and Hybridity. Flexible Adjustments to Changed Environments. Introduction to the Special Issue. Voluntas 26, 1591–1600 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-015-9622-y

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