Social work and third sector

Department

Bachelor's program Social Work

Course unit code

SOA-B-5-MT4-NET-VO

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1.0

Name of lecturer(s)

Feith González Laura, BA MA

Mode of delivery

face-to-face

Recommended optional program components

none

Recommended or required reading

ONU (2003): Handbook on non-profit institutions in the System of National Accounts. New York: United Nations (Studies in methods : Handbook of National Accounting. Series F, 91).
Pape, Ulla; Brandsen, Taco; Pahl, Joachim Benedikt; Pieliński, Bartosz; Baturina, Danijel; Brookes, Nadia et al. (2020): Changing Policy Environments in Europe and the Resilience of the Third Sector. In: VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 31 (1), S. 238-249. DOI: 10.1007/s11266-018-00087-z.
Salamon, Lester M. and Sokolowski, Wojtek (2014), "The Third Sector in Europe: Towards a Consensus Conceptualization", TSI Working Paper Series No. 2. Seventh Framework Programme (grant agreement 613034), European Union. Brussels: Third Sector Impact.will be announced at beginning of the lecture

Level of course unit

Bachelor

Year of study

Fall 2025

Semester when the course unit is delivered

5

Language of instruction

English

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The ‘third sector’ describes organisations that are non-governmental (even though they might work in partnerships with government agencies), non-profit driven and values-based. Other terms used within this conext are "voluntary - or non-profit organisations".

Students will get:
- an insight into the 'third sector" and understand how it differs from other sectors.
- an understanding of its historic background and how the third sector operates in a local and European context and
- an overview of the latest deveopments within the third sector

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions , self study and individual and group work.

Work placement(s)

none