RT Journal Article
T1 Gap Between the ‘Ought’ and the ‘is’ of the Third  Sector: A Qualitative Case Study of Andalusia  (Spain)
A1 González Portillo, Auxiliadora
A1 Jaraíz Arroyo, Germán
K1 Third sector
K1 Tercer sector
K1 Volunteering
K1 Social intervention
K1 Funding
K1 Professionals
K1 Ethics
K1 Voluntariado
K1 Intervención social
K1 Financiación
K1 Profesionales
K1 Ética
AB The origin of the Third Sector (TS) in Spain is rooted in the defenceof social rights and demands made of the State regarding socialtransformation. With the development of the Welfare State, therole of the TS has progressively changed, becoming primarily aprovider of services to Public Administrations (PAs), and movingaway from its roots advocating and demanding social justice. Thisarticle examines the distance between the original intentions(‘ought’) and the current day-to-day actions (‘is’) of the TS in thecase of the region of Andalusia (Spain), focusing on a three-dimensional analysis: the objectives that mark its action, itsfunding model, and relations within the organisation. Using aqualitative methodology based on Thematic Content Analysis, thediscourses of actors involved in the TS (managers, professionals,volunteers, users, public administration professionals, and otheractors) have been analysed and linked, concluding that the gapgenerated between intention and deed, or‘ought’and‘is’, arethe result of external contextual elements, but also of decisionsmade within the TS
PB Taylor and Francis Online
YR 2022
FD 2022-10-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/20528
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/20528
LA en
NO González-Portillo, A., & Jaraíz-Arroyo, G. (2023). Gap Between the ‘Ought’ and the ‘is’ of the Third Sector: A Qualitative Case Study of Andalusia (Spain). Ethics and Social Welfare, 17(1), 67–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2022.2137223
NO FECYT -- PERSPECTIVA COMPARADA DEL TERCER SECTOR DE ACCION SOCIAL EN LAS...
NO Universidad Pablo de Olavide
DS RIO
RD May 24, 2026