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Researching Asia’s Third Sector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

Mark Lyons and
Samiul Hasan
Mark Lyons
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Samiul Hasan*
Affiliation:
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
*
2 Correspondence should be directed to Mark Lyons, ACCORD, UTS, PO Box 222, Lindfield 2070, Australia; e-mail: mark.lyons@uts.edu.au
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Abstract

Most Asian countries have a strong third sector and a rich tradition of philanthropy. The varied array of social, economic, political, and third sector variables across the many countries of the region make Asia an ideal site for testing and developing third sector theory. The research infrastructure needed to sustain such a venture is beginning to form. The five papers published in this issue of Voluntas indicate some of the product, and the variety, of this growing body of research.

Résumé

Résumé

La plupart des pays d’Asie a un fort tiers secteur et une riche tradition de philanthropie. La diversité de l’ensemble des variables du domaine social, économique, politique et du tiers secteur, à travers les nombreux pays de ce territoire, fait de l’Asie un site idéal pour tester et développer la théorie du tiers secteur. L’infrastructure de recherche nécessaire pour soutenir une telle entreprise commence à prendre forme. Les cinq articles publiés dans ce numéro de Voluntas mentionnent quelques un des résultats ainsi que la variété de ce corps grandissant de la recherche.

Zusammenfassung

Zusammenfassung

Die meisten asiatischen Länder haben einen starken Dritten Sektor und eine reiche Tradition der Philanthropie. Das reichhaltige Angebot sozialer, ökonomischer und politischer Variablen sowie von Variablen des Dritten Sektors in den vielen Ländern der Region machen Asien zu einem idealen Standort für das Testen und die Entwicklung einer Theorie des Dritten Sektors. Die erforderliche Forschungsinfrastruktur zur Realisierung eines solchen Unternehmens beginnt sich herauszubilden. Die fünf in dieser Ausgabe von Voluntas veröffentlichten Aufsätze geben Hinweise auf das Ergebnis und die Vielfalt dieses im Wachstum begriffenen Forschungsbereichs.

Resumen

Resumen

La mayoria de los paises asiáticos poseen un tercer sector fuerte y una rica tradición filantrópica. El conjunto de variables sociales, económicas y políticas del tercer sector en muchos paises de la región hacen que Asia sea un sitio ideal para probar y desarrollar la teoría del tercer sector. Comienza a formarse la infraestructura para investigar necesaria para mantener tal empresa. Los cinco artículos publicados en este número de Voluntas son inidicativos de los que se produce y de la variedad de una investigación en crecimiento.

Keywords

Asiathird sectorphilanthropyresearch infrastructure

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Type
Research Article
Information
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 2002, pp. 107 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University

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