Sorgen für Wohlfahrt

The non-statutory welfare organizations in Germany provide for the most part the support for the needy. The organizations occupy one and a half million employees und much more people on a voluntary basis. But the meaning of welfare and care of welfare mostly remains undefined or is misunderstood. After a century of institutionalization of public and non-statutory welfare and continuous disput over its structures this book offers an understanding about the ways and doings, the positions and functions of the central non-profit welfare associations. They are shaping services of general interest in a way of social economy.