Players in the public policy process : nonprofits as social capital and agents / Herrington J. Bryce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryce, Herrington J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations.

Non-governmental organizations.

Political planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book systematically develops the perspective of nonprofits or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as social capital assets and agents of public policy within the principal-agent paradigm and across public purposes-foreign or domestic, religious or sectarian, in developed or developing countries. The perspective has universal applicability and allows us to go beyond assumptions of market or government failure. Morever, the perspective reflects the competitive situation in which nonprofits frequently find themselves when bidding against firms for government contracts." "The analysis identifies five factors that could offer nonprofits a clear, competitive advantage over firms and governments in certain contract bidding. The perspective yields a set of implications for the strategic positioning of nonprofits in the public policy arena, and yields a new functional classification that includes nonprofits (not merely as service providers), but as managers of significant social risks, as market and transaction regulators, and as centers of collective action along the full spectrum of public policy processes and issues."

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I: The Need for a Policy Perspective of Nonprofits

Chapter 1 The Significance of the Principal-Agent Paradigm

Chapter 2 The Policy Significance of Nonprofit Organizations: Beyond the Limits of Failure

Part II: Nonprofits as Social Capital Assets and Agents of the Public

Chapter 3 The Nonprofits as Social Assets and Agents of Public Policy

Chapter 4 Nonprofits as Agents of Public Policy: A Paradigm of Principals and Agents

Chapter 5 The Choice of Nonprofits as Agents of Public Policy

Part III: Agency Powers, Performance, and Problems through the Prism of the Principal-Agent Paradigm

Chapter 6 Housing and Community Development: A Case Study of an Agency Function

Chapter 7 The Performance of Agents: Acute Care Hospitals and Community Benefits

Chapter 8 Policy Formulation, Nonprofit Advocacy, and the Principal-Agent Framework

Part IV: Problems of Regulating the Nonprofit Agent and the Foreseeable Challenges of Management

Chapter 9 Regulating the Finances of the Agent

Chapter 10 The Nonprofit as a Self-Regulator

Chapter 11 The Implications for Strategic Planning and Positioning

Notes

Author Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Subject Index

I

W.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-262) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-36370-7

9786611363703

1-4039-7823-9

OCLC:

560463402