Synopses & Reviews
The Non-Profit Sector: An Overview is a collection of the most insightful and accessible writings about the nonprofit sector in the U.S. and its organizations. The book discusses everything from Andrew Carnegie's turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy, to the most recent writings by current scholars and practitioners. Accordingly, the book contains previously published articles, chapters, and encyclopedia entries that present the most influential theories, concepts, and issues associated with the nonprofit sector.Furthermore, each chapter opens with a framing essay that identifies the central themes and issues presented within the chapter and provides an overview of sometimes competing points of view. Each framing essay also briefly summarizes the significance of the contribution of each writing to the development of knowledge in the field.
Synopsis
The Nonprofit Sector: An Overview examines the nonprofit sector's nature, scope, distinctiveness, historical evolution, foundation, values, major theories, and its position "between and among" the public and business sectors in the U.S. through the writings of many important theorists and students of the non-profit sector.
About the Author
Steven J. Ott is a professor of political science and the Director of Public Administration Education at the University of Utah. He is the immediate past-president of the Nonprofit Management Education Section of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. He has also authored and edited numerous books and articles regarding nonprofit organizations, administrative theory, organization theory, organizational behavior, and organizational culture.
Table of Contents
Overview : the state of the independent sector / Virginia Ann Hodgkinson and Murray S. Weitzman -- Scope and structure : the anatomy of America's nonprofit sector / Lester M. Salamon -- Voluntary sector / Jacquelyn Thayer Scott -- Voluntarism / Jeffrey L. Brudney -- The gospel of wealth / Andrew Carnegie -- The Filer Commission Report, Giving in America : toward a stronger voluntary sector / John H. Filer -- The impact of the voluntary sector on society / David Horton Smith -- A history of the discipline / Stephen R. Block -- Inventing the nonprofit sector : 1950-1990 / Peter Dobkin Hall -- A brief history of tax policy changes affecting charitable organizations / Gary N. Scrivner -- Tax-exempt organization / Christopher Hoyt -- Nonprofit organization / Stephen R. Block -- What is the nonprofit sector and why do we have it? / Lester M. Salamon -- A new approach : the theory of the commons / Roger A. Lohmann -- Government failure theory ; Contract failure theory / Dennis R. Young -- And lettuce is nonanimal : toward a positive economics of voluntary action / Roger A. Lohmann -- Political theories of nonprofit organization / James Douglas -- Markets, politics, and charity : nonprofits in the political economy / Kirsten A. Gr²nbjerg -- To empower people : the role of mediating structures in public policy / Peter L. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus -- Nonprofit organizations and community / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky -- On the edge or in between : niche position, niche overlap, and the duration of voluntary association memberships / Pamela A. Popielarz and J. Miller McPherson -- The sociology of nonprofit organizations and sectors / Paul J. DiMaggio and Helmut K. Anheier -- Perspectives on organizational governance : some effects on government-nonprofit relations / J. Steven Ott -- Nonprofit organizations in an age of uncertainty / Joseph Galaskiewicz and Wolfgang Bielefeld -- What is altruism? / Alan Wolfe -- Why donors give / Joan Mount -- The founding fathers of modern philanthropy / Milton Goldin -- The call of service : satisfactions / Robert Coles -- Third party government / Dennis R. Young -- Voluntary agencies and the contract culture : "dream or nightmare"? / Ralph M. Kramer -- Resource interdependence : the relationship between state agencies and nonprofit organizations / Judith R. Saidel -- The double-edged sword of social service contracting : public accountability versus nonprofit autonomy / James M. Ferris -- The future of the nonprofit sector : its entwining with private enterprise and government / Burton A. Weisbrod -- Nonprofits at the brink : lean budgets, growing needs, and the fate of nonprofits / Patrick J. McCormack -- The current crisis / Lester M. Salamon.