Strategic issues for the not-for-profit sector / edited by Jo Barraket.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

University of Melbourne. Centre for Public Policy.

Series:

New governance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Australia.

Nonprofit organizations.

Australia--Social policy.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This edited collection brings together some of Australia's leading and emerging researchers in the not-for-profit sector and public policy, including Sarah Maddison and Ann Capling. Drawing on original Australian and comparative research. it is a spirited exploration of strategic issues currently facing the sector. It highlights current changes in practice, policy development, and research relating to the sector with a specific emphasis on strategic issues relating to partnerships and networks; innovation; and advocacy and accountability. It incorporates perspectives from different parts of the sector, challenging the reader to consider the local and global drivers of change, and the industry, policy, and community imperatives impacting upon not-for-profit sustainability." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Not-for-profit organisations and business: Mapping the extent and scope of community-business partnerships in Australia; Is there something better than partnership?; Governance, networks and civil society: How local governments connect to local organisations and groups; 'Token participation' to 'engaged partnerships': Lessons learnt andc hallenges ahead for Australian not-for-profits; Social enterprise and governance: Implications for the Australian third sector; Between commerce and culture? Australian Football League clubs

Money for mission or moral minefield? The opportunities and risks of not-for-profit business venturingInto the lion's den: Challenges for not-for-profits in their relationships with government; The role of the community sector in Australian welfare: A Brotherhood of St Laurence perspective; The Report on Government Services: A new piece in the accountability matrix?; Attacks on NGO 'accountability': Questions of governance or the logic of public choice theory?; Index

Notes:

Published in association with the Centre of Public Policy at the University of Melbourne as the second title in the New governance series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-068-7

OCLC:

437108215