Hybridization in the Belgian third sector: sectoral relationships, organizational features and volunteering

The starting point for this paper is the general prevailing diagnosis of a hybridization process that is assumed to have led to a more ‘disorganized’ or hybrid welfare mix. TSOs are compelled to flexibly combine different sector logics and features (state, market, third sector). These changes for a large part seem to be associated with the trends of double devolution and responsibilized autonomy. Taking the Belgium third sector as a case and based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from sector-specific umbrella organizations, we discern how and to what extent the processes of double devolution and responsibilized autonomy influence the relationships between TSOs and (mainly local) government, and between TSOs and their members and volunteers. We find that although in Belgium the dominant discourse on TSOs’ role and on volunteering is still neo-communitarist, a neo-liberal driven bifurcation between strong and vulnerable volunteer seems to be developing

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