非营利组织性质探讨--以行业协会为例的研究

行业协会在我国目前行业管理及行业自律中占有相当重要的地位,然而从非营利组织特征出发的研究往往忽视了其作为经济领域内中介组织的特殊方面。从政治学的法团主义思想、制度经济学的交易成本理论、社会学的专业化运动理论和新公共管理学所提出的治理理论中等多个理论视角分析了行业协会的组织性质,得出四个方面的观点,即行业协会是经济团体之利益表达的结合体、市场经济体制中的民间自治组织、以服务为主导方向的专业社会组织及公共事务治理的居间载体。在我国目前应对行政体制、经济体制改革的趋势下,对行业协会的正确认识将有助于如何加强行业协会的建设和发展。

Probing into the Essence of Non-Profit Organization--A Case Study on the Industrial Association

ID: 1672-6162(2004)04-0041-EAAbstract: As the deputy of enterprises, the industrial association gains an increasing importance in the commercial activities. While the research from the general principles of non-profit organizations often paid little attention to this special ones which functions in economic area. This article analyzed the essences of industrial association from four perspectives; these are views from politics, economics, sociology and new public management. The result may help us comprehend how to construct and perform the function of such organizations.