The nonprofit sector : a research handbook / edited by Walter W. Powell and Richard Steinberg.

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The second edition of "The Nonprofit Sector" provides a novel, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary survey of nonprofit organizations and their role and function in society, and it also examines the nature of philanthropic behaviours. Each of the 27 all-new, commissioned chapters is written to stand on...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Powell, Walter W.
Steinberg, Richard
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2006], ©2006.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Nonprofit organizations > Management.
Nonprofit organizations.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 659 pages) : illustrations, map
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The nonprofit sector in historical perspective : traditions of philanthropy in the West / Kevin C. Robbins
  • A historical overview of philanthropy, voluntary associations, and nonprofit organizations in the United States, 1600-2000 / Peter Dobkin Hall
  • Scope and dimensions of the nonprofit sector / Elizabeth T. Boris and C. Eugene Steuerle
  • The nonprofit sector in comparative perspective / Helmut K. Anheier and Lester M. Salamon
  • Economic theories of nonprofit organizations / Richard Steinberg
  • Nonprofit organizations and the market / Eleanor Brown and Al Slivinski
  • Work in the nonprofit sector / Laura Leete
  • Collaboration between corporations and nonprofit organizations / Joseph Galaskiewicz and Michelle Sinclair Colman
  • The constitution of citizens : political theories of nonprofit organizations / Elisabeth S. Clemens
  • Scope and theory of government-nonprofit relations / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Kirsten A. Grønbjerg
  • The legal framework for nonprofit organizations / Evelyn Brody
  • The federal tax treatment of charitable organizations / John Simon, Harvey Dale, and Laura Chisolm
  • Nonprofit organizations and political advocacy / J. Craig Jenkins
  • International nongovernmental organizations / John Boli
  • Foundations / Kenneth Prewitt
  • Nonprofit organizations and health care : some paradoxes of persistent scrutiny / Mark Schlesinger and Bradford H. Gray
  • Social care and the nonprofit sector in the Western developed world / Jeremy Kendall, Martin Knapp, and Julien Forder
  • Nonprofit organizations and the intersectoral division of labor in the arts / Paul DiMaggio
  • Higher education : evolving forms and emerging markets / Patricia J. Gumport and Stuart K. Snydman
  • Religion and the nonprofit sector / Wendy Cadge and Robert Wuthnow
  • Nonprofit community organizations in poor urban settings : bridging institutional gaps for youth / Sarah Deschenes, Milbrey McLaughlin, and Jennifer O'Donoghue
  • Nonprofit membership associations / Mary Tschirhart
  • Charitable giving : how much, by whom, to what, and how? / John J. havens, Mary A. O'Herlihy, and Paul G. Schervish
  • Why do people give? / Lise Vesterlund
  • Nonprofit mission : constancy, responsiveness, or deflection? / Debra C. Minkoff and Walter W. Powell
  • Governance : research trends, gaps, and future prospects / Francie Ostrower and Melissa M. Stone
  • Commercial activity, technological change, and nonprofit mission / Howard P. Tuckman and Cyril F. Chang.