TY - CHAP AB - Purpose – This chapter introduces the contents of the volume and provides an editorial overview of the origins of the concept of the Third Sector, methodologies employed by contributors, how contributions address different organizational forms, issues of critique within the volume, and the benefits of the contributions for researchers and practitioners within the Third Sector, and within Critical Management Studies.Methodology/approach – Editorial overview and synthesis.Research implications – The contents of the volume significantly advance critical perspectives upon the Third Sector.Social implications – The contents of the volume enable improved critical reflection for those working within the Third Sector.Originality/value of chapter – This editorial introduction presents the first broad-ranging synthesis of (a) contemporary issues within the Third Sector, Social Economy and Civil Society and (b) Critical Management Studies. VL - 1 SN - 978-1-78052-281-4, 978-1-78052-280-7/2046-6072 DO - 10.1108/S2046-6072(2011)0000001004 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2046-6072(2011)0000001004 AU - Hull Richard AU - Gibbon Jane AU - Branzei Oana AU - Haugh Helen ED - Richard Hull ED - Jane Gibbon ED - Oana Branzei ED - Helen Haugh PY - 2011 Y1 - 2011/01/01 TI - Cases, Configurations, Critiques and Contributions: Editorial Introduction T2 - The Third Sector T3 - Dialogues in Critical Management Studies PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - xiii EP - xxxv Y2 - 2024/09/20 ER -