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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sonnevi, Göran, Author.

Contributor:

Powell, Walter W.

Steinberg, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 659 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The second edition of The Nonprofit Sector provides a novel, comprehensive, cross-disciplinary perspective on nonprofit organizations and their role and function in society. This new, updated edition keeps pace with industry trends and advances as well as with the changing interests and needs of students, practitioners, and researchers. As before, every chapter has been written to stand on its own, providing sufficient background for the reader to follow the argument without referring to other chapters-allowing readers to selectively choose those chapters that are most relevant to a particular course, interest, or issue. The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook includes twenty-seven new or updated chapters. Relevant chapters from the previous edition have been refined, and new chapters have been added to fill in gaps, making this the authoritative reference for all who want an accessible, perceptive, and all-inclusive rendering of the nonprofit sector. The contributors-prominent scholars in their respective fields-carefully reflect upon the variety of changes in the rapidly growing world of nonprofits, examining a wide array of organizations, international issues, social science theories, and philanthropic traditions and covering a broad range of topics including the history and scope of nonprofit activities in the United States and abroad, the relation of nonprofits to the marketplace, government-nonprofit issues, key activities of nonprofits, aspects of giving to and joining nonprofits, and nonprofit mission and governance. For anyone who wishes to have a deeper understanding of the nonprofit sector, this remains the essential guide.

Contents:

Preface to the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Nonprofit Sector in Historical Perspective: Traditions of Philanthropy in the West

A Historical Overview of Philanthropy, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit Organizations in the United States, 1600-2000

Scope and Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector

The Nonprofit Sector in Comparative Perspective

Economic Theories of Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit Organizations and the Market

Work in the Nonprofit Sector

Collaboration between Corporations and Nonprofit Organizations

The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations

Scope and Theory of Government-Nonprofit Relations

The Legal Framework for Nonprofit Organizations

The Federal Tax Treatment of Charitable Organizations

Nonprofit Organizations and Political Advocacy

International Nongovernmental Organizations

Foundations

Nonprofit Organizations and Health Care: Some Paradoxes of Persistent Scrutiny

Social Care and the Nonprofit Sector in the Western Developed World

Nonprofit Organizations and the Intersectoral Division of Labor in the Arts

Higher Education: Evolving Forms and Emerging Markets

Religion and the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Community Organizations in Poor Urban Settings: Bridging Institutional Gaps for Youth

Nonprofit Membership Associations

Charitable Giving: How Much, by Whom, to What, and How?

Why Do People Give?

Nonprofit Mission: Constancy, Responsiveness, or Deflection?

Governance: Research Trends, Gaps, and Future Prospects

Commercial Activity, Technological Change, and Nonprofit Mission.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611734947

9780300153439

0300153430

9781281734945

1281734942

9780300135176

0300135173

OCLC:

923593454