The Endangered Sector / Waldemar A. Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Waldemar A., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1979]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents a study on the interrelationships between the nonprofit sector and the other major elements of the American pluralistic system. Specifically addresses five of the major nonprofit sectors: higher education, basic science, health, culture, and social action.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. The Dislocation of the American System

1. The Sector Nobody Knows

2. The Folklore of American Pluralism

II. The Predicament of Key Subsectors

3. Higher Education: Duality, Dependency, and Decline

4. Pure Science and the Public

5. The Health System-Getting Better, Going Broke

6. Culture and the Arts

7. Social-Action Movements-The Twilight Zone of Politics

III. Redressing the Balance

8. The New Politics of Pluralism

9. Proposals for Public Policy

10. Prospects and Possibilities

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89363-9

OCLC:

1033589510