..., 2011 ; Rodríguez Cabrero, 2015). As non-governmental organizations, religious social action organizations are recognized by the authorities as mediators between the State, the market and the individual. As such, they are a component of the so-called “welfare triangle” (Evers, 1995 ; Evers and Laville...

..., for example, the existence and operation of the boundaries that are assumed to separate the three sectors. There is a widespread concern in the UK that voluntary organizations may have become too close to government, or that non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) have become too professionalized. In the USA...