THEORETICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF NON-PROFIT MAKING SECTOR FUNCTIONING
https://doi.org/10.21686/2413-2829-2018-1-44-52
Abstract
The article deals with issues of functioning of non-profit making sector and its organizations and associations. The author reviews foreign and Russian legislation, it allows to identify international criteria of attributing organizations to non-profit making. The article provides overseas research demonstrating specific features of the third sector and leading theories, which explain arising of non-profit making sector with due regard to the country aspect. On the basis of this material characteristics of non-profit making sector, such as diversity of participants and the use of commercial sector practices are shown. The author highlights the most important functions of non-profit making sector and the role of non-profit making organizations in the development of social sphere and increasing human capital, as well as their direct and indirect contribution to economy.
About the Author
Varvara R. Goryacheva
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Tutor of the Department for Political Economy and History of Economic Science of the PRUE
Address: Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, 36 Stremyanny Lane, Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation
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For citations:
Goryacheva V.R. THEORETICAL SUBSTANTIATION OF NON-PROFIT MAKING SECTOR FUNCTIONING. Vestnik of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. 2018;(1):44-52. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2413-2829-2018-1-44-52
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