The nonprofit sector : a research handbook / edited by Walter W. Powell and Patricia Bromley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Powell, Walter W., editor.

Bromley, Patricia (Assistant professor of education), editor.

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

polychrome

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1 What Is the Nonprofit Sector? p. 3 / Walter W. Powell

Part I Emergence, Transformation, and Regulation

2 A History of Associational Life and the Nonprofit Sector in the United States p. 23 / Benjamin Soskis

3 Seeing Like a Philanthropist: From the Business of Benevolence to the Benevolence of Business p. 81 / Aaron Horvath and Walter W. Powell

4 The Organizational Transformation of Civil Society p. 123 / Patricia Bromley

5 Tangled Up in Tax: The Nonprofit Sector and the Federal Tax System p. 144 / Daniel J. Hemel

Part II Politics of the Public Sphere

6 Political Theory and the Nonprofit Sector p. 171 / Ted Lechterman and Rob Reich

7 Nonprofits as Boundary Markers: The Politics of Choice, Mobilization, and Arbitrage p. 192 / Elisabeth S. Clemens

8 Politics, Philanthropy, and Inequality p. 208 / Sarah Reckhow

Part III Governance, Civic Capacity, and Communities

9 Towards a Governance Framework for Government-Nonprofit Relations p. 231 / Nicole P. Marwell and Maoz Brown

10 Social Service Nonprofits: Navigating Conflicting Demands p. 251 / Jennifer E. Mosley

11 Nonprofits as Urban Infrastructure p. 271 / Christof Brandtner and Claire Dunning

12 Immigrant Organizations: Civic (In)equality and Civic (In)visibility p. 292 / Irene Bloemraad and Shannon Gleeson and Els de Graauw

Part IV Nonprofits, Mission, and the Market

13 Economic Theories of the Social Sector: From Nonprofits to Social Enterprise p. 319 / Maitreesh Ghatak

14 Social Entrepreneurship: Research as Disciplined Exploration p. 333 / Johanna Mair

15 Nonprofits and the Environment: Using Market Forces for Social Good p. 358 / Magali A. Delmas and Thomas P. Lyon and Sean Jackson

16 The Outcomes Movement in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector p. 381 / Paul Brest

Part V Balancing Access and Inclusion

17 Charitable Nonprofits and the Business of Health Care p. 413 / Jill R. Horwitz

18 Education and the Nonprofit Sector: Schools and Organizational Intermediaries p. 445 / Richard Arum and Jacob L. Kepins

19 Nonprofit Arts Organizations: Sustainability and Rationales for Support p. 468 / Francie Ostrower

Part VI Advocacy, Engagement, and the Public

20 Advocacy, Civic Engagement, and Social Change p. 491 / David Suárez

21 The Changing Face of Nonprofit Advocacy: Democratizing Potentials and Risks in an Unequal Context p. 507 / Edward T. Walker and Yotala Oszkay

22 Advocating for What? The Nonprofit Press and Models of the Public p. 521 / Mike Ananny

Part VII Motivation, Meaning, and Prosocial Behavior

23 What Influences Charitable Giving? p. 543 / Pamela Paxton

24 The Altruism Budget: Measuring and Encouraging Charitable Giving p. 558 / Laura K. Gee and Jonathan Meer

25 What Do Volunteers Do? p. 566 / Nina Eliasoph

26 Religious Organizations: Crosscutting the Nonprofit Sector p. 579 / Brad R. Fulton

Part VIII Global and Comparative Perspectives

27 The Global Rise of Nongovernmental Organizations p. 603 / Evan Schofer and Wesley Longhofer

28 Global Backlash against Foreign Funding to Domestic Nongovernmental Organizations p. 618 / Kendra Dupuy and Aseem Prakash

29 Social Movements in a Global Context: History, Content, and Form p. 631 / Breno Bringel and Elizabeth McKenna

30 Comparative Nonprofit Sector Research: A Critical Assessment p. 648 / Helmut K. Anheier and Markus Lang and Stefan Toepler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Nonprofit sector.

ISBN:

9781503611085

1503611086

Publisher Number:

99984237466

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