Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector

Relatively little is known about the Malaysian third sector. This is in large part due to the lack of large-scale data about the organisations that make up the sector, with the last comprehensive investigation nearly 50 years ago (Douglas and Pedersen in Blood, believer, and brother: the development...

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Main Authors: Perai, Nur Azam Anuarul, Rutherford, Alasdair C.
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spelling my.utm.1075322024-09-23T04:29:48Z http://eprints.utm.my/107532/ Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector Perai, Nur Azam Anuarul Rutherford, Alasdair C. H Social Sciences (General) Relatively little is known about the Malaysian third sector. This is in large part due to the lack of large-scale data about the organisations that make up the sector, with the last comprehensive investigation nearly 50 years ago (Douglas and Pedersen in Blood, believer, and brother: the development of voluntary associations in Malaysia, 1973). The limited understanding of the make-up of the sector creates difficulties in policy development and resource allocation. For the first time, we combine the organisational databases of seven different regulators to map the Malaysian third sector, classifying organisations according to the International Classification for Non-Profit Organisations. We produce a map of the Malaysian third sector, describing its constituents, activities and beneficiaries. Our results show a sector cross-cut with ethnicity and religion, and we reflect on the implications both for the development of third sector organisations in Malaysia and for how current nonprofit theories adequately describe third sectors in non-western contexts. Springer Nature 2022-07 Article PeerReviewed Perai, Nur Azam Anuarul and Rutherford, Alasdair C. (2022) Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector. Voluntas, 34 (4). pp. 708-720. ISSN 0957-8765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00506-2 DOI:10.1007/s11266-022-00506-2
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Perai, Nur Azam Anuarul
Rutherford, Alasdair C.
Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector
description Relatively little is known about the Malaysian third sector. This is in large part due to the lack of large-scale data about the organisations that make up the sector, with the last comprehensive investigation nearly 50 years ago (Douglas and Pedersen in Blood, believer, and brother: the development of voluntary associations in Malaysia, 1973). The limited understanding of the make-up of the sector creates difficulties in policy development and resource allocation. For the first time, we combine the organisational databases of seven different regulators to map the Malaysian third sector, classifying organisations according to the International Classification for Non-Profit Organisations. We produce a map of the Malaysian third sector, describing its constituents, activities and beneficiaries. Our results show a sector cross-cut with ethnicity and religion, and we reflect on the implications both for the development of third sector organisations in Malaysia and for how current nonprofit theories adequately describe third sectors in non-western contexts.
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author Perai, Nur Azam Anuarul
Rutherford, Alasdair C.
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Rutherford, Alasdair C.
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title Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector
title_short Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector
title_full Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector
title_fullStr Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector
title_full_unstemmed Members only? Exclusivity and fractionalisation in the Malaysian third sector
title_sort members only? exclusivity and fractionalisation in the malaysian third sector
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-022-00506-2
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