Between the State and the Market The Non profit Sector and Civil Society in the Philippines Ledivina V. Cariño

The book represents the final report of the Philippine Nonprofit Sector Project (PNSP), a four- year attempt to determine the contours, underpinnings and contributions of the set of organization that lies between the state and the market. It is sponsored that les between the state and the market. It is sponsored by the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod and located in the National College of Public administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, thus connecting the two most significant institutions in my career. It also ties together my academic interests - voluntarism, public administration, comparative analysis, multi - disciplinarily, research methods, ethics and commitment. In doing so, it has allowed me to collaborate with lifelong friends as well as newly met colleagues who have now mostly moved into the first category. The institutions and interests suggest themes for an essay on "How this book came to be written" the acknowledgements. These concerns intertwine in this preface. Keywords: Philippine social economy; social enterprise; civil society; third sector; hybrid ... market economy (state or public sector), and the non-monetary economy. (Community, family .... The non-market-oriented subsector is the realm of the non- profit