Here we have collected some central theoretical works on the non-profit sector, NGOs, civil society and the third sector fields.

In this section we have collected publications with primarily statstical information on voluntary organisations. We have also included comparative studies which compary organisations across various countries.

In this part you will find relevant historical literature with volunteerism as an overarching topic and general historical overviews of the voluntary sector in Scandinavia.

Here you will find plublications outlining the relatioship between the State and voluntary orgnaisations, collaborations within sports, health and the environment and studies of public support schemes.

In this section you will find research on voluntary organisations' legal and tax statuses.

Here you will find studies of social movements as democratic actors and which problematise the special status social movements have had as models of democracy.

In this section we have collected publications studying what motivates people to volunteer, collaborative relations between voluntary organisations commercial actors and how volunteering and «social capital» relate to one another.

Here you will find works describing general processes in self help groups, empirical information on the scope and volume of these groups and recent research on the reltaionship between self help groups and the authorities.

Here we have collected sports research from a political science point of view which has not been listed under any of the previous topics.

Here you will find an overview of publications dealing with the importance of voluntary organisations for local communities, local collaborative relationships between the authorities and voluntary organisations and voluntary work relating to environmental issues.

In this section we have collected publications looking at the effects of public policy and support schemes designed for children's and youth organisations, various forms of participation in these organisations and role voluntary associatiosn play in among other things after-school centres.

Here we have gathered studies of voluntary, social welfare work including relief measures for abused women, disabled people, alcohol and drug addicts and poor and homeless people.

Here you will find literature on voluntary work driven by a specific outlook on life and about religious organisations in general.