The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector
ISBN: 9780813344911 | 0813344913
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books
Pub. Date: 8/2/2011
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The Nature of the Non-Profit Sector: An Overviewis a collection of the most insightful and accessible writings about the nonprofit sector in the U.S. and its organizations. The book discusses everything from Andrew Carnegie's turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy, to the most recent writings by current scholars and practitioners. Accordingly, the book contains previously published articles, chapters, and encyclopedia entries that present the most influential theories, concepts, and issues associated with the nonprofit sector. Furthermo... MORE
| Illustrations | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector | |
| What Is the Nonprofit Sector?: Board Source (2009) | p. 10 |
| The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2008: Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering | p. 12 |
| The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector | p. 17 | ... MORE
| Measuring Civil Society: The Johns Hopkins Global Civil Society Index | p. 31 |
| The Nonprofit Sector's Distinctive Values and Contributions to Society | |
| The Gospel of Wealth | p. 58 |
| The Filer Commission Report-Giving in America: Toward a Stronger Voluntary Sector | p. 63 |
| The Impact of the Voluntary Sector on Society | p. 71 |
| Historical Evolution of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector | |
| The Nonprofit Sector in Historical Perspective: Traditions of Philanthropy in the West | p. 88 |
| History and Theories of Nonprofit Organizations | p. 108 |
| The Rationale for Tax Exemption and Tax Deductions | |
| Tax-Exempt Organization | p. 121 |
| A History of the Tax-Exempt Sector: An SOI Perspective | p. 125 |
| Economic and Political Theories of the Nonprofit Sector | |
| Government Failure Theory | p. 151 |
| Contract Failure Theory | p. 154 |
| And Lettuce is Nonanimal: Toward a Positive Economics of Voluntary Action | p. 158 |
| The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations | p. 166 |
| Social and Community Theories of the Nonprofit Sector | |
| To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy | p. 187 |
| Nonprofit Organizations and Community | p. 197 |
| Organizational Social Capital and Nonprofits | p. 203 |
| Communities, Networks, and the Future of Philanthropy | p. 215 |
| Organization Theories of the Nonprofit Sector | |
| Organizational Theory and Structure | p. 231 |
| Perspectives on Organizational Governance: Some Effects on Government-Nonprofit Relations | p. 249 |
| Organizations and Movements | p. 25 |
| Theories of Giving | |
| What Is Altruism? | p. 281 |
| Doing Good | p. 291 |
| The Call of Service: Satisfactions | p. 297 |
| Philanthropy in Communities of Color | p. 308 |
| The World We Must Build | p. 318 |
| The Blending and Blurring of the Sectors | |
| Third Party Government | p. 336 |
| Nonprofit Sector: Increasing Numbers and Key Role in Delivering Federal Services: United States Government Accountability Office (2007) | p. 340 |
| The Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Its Entwining with Private Enterprise and Government | p. 348 |
| The Nonprofit Sector Internationally: The Global Context | |
| Government-Nonprofit Relations from an International Perspective | p. 367 |
| State-linked Associational Life: Illuminating Blind Spots of Existing Paradigms | p. 385 |
| Civil Society as Associational Life | p. 402 |
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J. Steven Ott is a professor at the University of Utah. Lisa A. Dicke is an associate professor at the University of North Texas.
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