The study of the nonprofit enterprise : theories and approaches / edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Avner Ben-Ner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anheier, Helmut K., 1954-

Ben-Ner, Avner.

Series:

Nonprofit and civil society studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Research.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Theory of Nonprofit Organizations Revisited / Avner Ben-Ner, Benedetto Gui 3

Chapter 2 The Economics of the Third Sector: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach / Alberto Bacchiega, Carlo Borzaga 27

Part II. The Major Theories 49

Public Good Theories 51

Chapter 3 Public Good Theories of the Nonprofit Sector: Weisbrod Revisited / Bruce R. Kingma 53

Chapter 4 The Public Goods Theory Revisited: Comments on Kingma's Revisitation of Weisbrod / Al Slivinski 67

Trust-Related Theories 75

Chapter 5 Trust, Repute, and the Role of Nonprofit Enterprise / Andreas Ortmann, Mark Schlesinger 77

Chapter 6 The Role of Trust in Nonprofit Enterprise / Henry Hansmann 115

Stakeholder Theories 123

Chapter 7 Stakeholder Theories of the Nonprofit Sector: One Cut at the Economic Literature / Michael Krashinsky 125

Entrepreneurship Theories 137

Chapter 8 Entrepreneurship in Nonprofit Organizations: Its Role in Theory and in the Real World Nonprofit Sector / Christoph Badelt 139

Chapter 9 Entrepreneurs, Managers, and the Nonprofit Enterprise / Dennis R. Young 161

Voluntary Failure and Institutional Theories 169

Chapter 10 Voluntary Failure Theory and Nonprofit-Government Partnership / Julian Wolpert 171

Chapter 11 Voluntary Failure Theory Correctly Viewed / Lester M. Salamon 183

Chapter 12 State, Subject, Space: Silences in Institutionalist Theories of Nonprofit-Government Relations / Jennifer Wolch 187

Organizational Theory and Behavior 203

Chapter 13 The Behavior of Organizations / Joseph Galaskiewicz, Wolfgang Bielefeld 205

Chapter 14 Are Nonprofit Organizations Different? / Evelyn Brody 239

Part III. Comparisons and Implications 245

Chapter 15 Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Perspectives of Structure and Change / Helmut K. Anheier 247

Chapter 16 Economic Theories of Nonprofit Organizations: An Evaluation / Richard Steinberg 277

Chapter 17 An Ecological Perspective on NonProfit Research / Paul DiMaggio 311.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306477033

0306478552

OCLC:

51304054