The nature of the nonprofit sector / edited by J. Steven Ott and Lisa A. Dicke.


Philadelphia, PA : Westview Press, 2012.
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Part I. Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector. What is the Nonprofit Sector? / BoardSource — The Nonprofit Sector in Brief, The Urban Institute: Facts and Figures from the Nonprofit Almanac 2008 — The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector / Peter Frumkin — Measuring Civil Society: The Johns Hopkins Global Civil Society Index / Lester M. Salamon, & Wojciech Sokolowski
  • Part II. The Nonprofit Sector’s Distinctive Values and Contributions to Society. The Gospel of Wealth / Andrew Carnegie — The Filer Commission Report / John H. Filer — The Impact of the Voluntary Sector on Society / David Horton Smith
  • Pt. III. Historical Evolution of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector. The Nonprofit Sector in Historical Perspective: Traditions of Philanthropy in the West / Kevin C. Robbins — A Brief History of the Nonprofit Sector / Thomas P. Holland & Roger A. Ritvo
  • Pt. IV. The Rationale for Tax-Exemption and Tax-Deductions. Tax-Exempt Organization / Christopher Hoyt — A History of the Tax-Exempt Sector / Paul Arnsberger [et al.] — Pt. V. Economic and Political Theories of the Nonprofit Sector. Government Failure Theory / Dennis R. Young — Contract Failure Theory / Dennis R. Young — And Lettuce Is Nonanimal: Toward a Positive Economics of Voluntary Action / Roger A. Lohmann — The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations / Elisabeth S. Clemens
  • Pt. VI. Social and Community Theories of the Nonprofit Sector — To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy / Peter L. Berger & Richard John Neuhaus — Nonprofit Organizations and Community / Steven Rathgeb Smith & Michael Lipsky — Organizational Social Capital and Nonprofits / Jo Anne Schneider — Communities, Networks, and the Future of Philanthropy / Julian Wolpert
  • Pt. VII. Organization Theories of the Nonprofit Sector. Organizational Theory and Structure / Helmut K. Anheier — Perspectives on Organizational Governance: Some Effects on Government-Nonprofit Relations / J. Steven Ott — Organizations and Movements / Doug McAdam & W. Richard Scott
  • Part VIII. Theories of Giving. What Is Altruism? / Alan Wolf — Doing Good / David H. Smith — The Call of Service: Satisfactions / Robert Coles — Philanthropy in Communities of Color / Bradford Smith [et al.] — The World We Must Build / Charles T. Clotfelter & Thomas Ehrlich
  • Pt. IX. The Blending and Blurring of the Sectors. Third Party Government / Dennis R. Young — Nonprofit Sector: Increasing Numbers and Key Role in Delivering Federal Services / United States Government Accountability Office — The Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Its Entwining with Private Enterprise and Government / Burton A. Weisbrod
  • Pt. X. The Nonprofit Sector Internationally: The Global Context. Government-Nonprofit Relations from an International Perspective / Lester M. Salamon — State-linked Associational Life: Illuminating Blind Spots of Existing Paradigms / Benjamin L. Read — Civil Society as Associational Life / Michael Edwards.

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