The nature of the nonprofit sector

Ott, J. Steven, (editor.). Dicke, Lisa A., 1960- (editor.).

Summary: "The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector is a collection of insightful and influential classic and recent readings on the existence, forms and functions of the nonprofit sector--the sector that sits between the market and government. The book encompasses everything from Andrew Carnegie's turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy to the most recent writings by current scholars and practitioners from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. Each part in the book opens with a framing essay by the editors that provides an overview of the central themes and issues, as well as the sometimes competing points of view. The third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to feature new essays that analyze the nonprofit sector's place in our economy and its relationship to our government, and new readings on the economic, community, and civil society theories of the nonprofit sector. The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector is thorough, topical, and above all, accessible to students, making it the ideal text for graduate and upper-division undergraduate nonprofit organizations and management survey courses"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780813349602
ISBN: 0813349605
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 417 pages ; 26 cm.
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2016].

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector / Kirsten A. Gronbjerg -- 2. Nonprofit Sector and Its Place in the National Economy / Peter Frumkin -- 3. Defining and Theorizing the Third Sector / Sarah L. Pettijohn / Amy S. Blackwood / Katie L. Roeger -- 4. History and Theories of Nonprofit Organizations / Olaf Corry -- 5. Gospel of Wealth / Roger A. Ritvo / Thomas P. Holland -- 6. Impact of the Voluntary Sector on Society / Andrew Carnegie -- 7. Tax-Exempt Organization / David Horton Smith -- 8. Overview of the Nonprofit and Charitable Sector / Christopher Hoyt -- 9. Ownership and Organizational Form: Nonprofit Firms / Molly F. Sherlock / Jane G. Gravelle -- 10. Market Failure / Henry Hansmann -- 11. Contract Failure Theory / Lester M. Salamon -- 12. Government Failure Theory / Dennis R. Young -- 13. Devolution, Marketization, and the Changing Shape of Government-Nonprofit Relations / Dennis R. Young -- 14. Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations / Kirsten A. Gronbjerg / Lester M. Salamon -- 15. Citizenship and Prosocial Behavior / Elisabeth S. Clemens -- 16. To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy / Marc A. Musick / John Wilson -- 17. Nonprofit Organizations and Community / Peter L. Berger / Richard John Neuhaus -- 18. Organizational Social Capital and Nonprofits / Steven Rathgeb Smith / Michael Lipsky -- 19. Bowling Alone: Thinking About Social Change in America / Jo Anne Schneider -- 20. Civil Society as a Public Sphere / Robert D. Putnam -- 21. Giving Well, Doing Good / Sabine Lang -- 22. What Is Altruism? / Amy A. Kass -- 23. Doing Good / Alan Wolfe -- 24. Philanthropy in Communities of Color / David H. Smith -- 25. Third Party Government / Joseph Villarreal / Jennifer Lisa Vest / Bradford Smith / Sylvia Shue -- 26. Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Its Entwining with Private Enterprise and Government / Dennis R. Young -- 27. From Welfare Bureaucracies to Welfare Hybrids / Burton A. Weisbrod -- 28. Government-Nonprofit Relations from an International Perspective / David Billis -- 29. Organizations That Straddle the State-Society Divide: Illuminating Blind Spots of Existing Paradigms / Lester M. Salmon.