Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of ContractingHarvard University Press, 30 giu 2009 - 306 pagine In recent years, government's primary response to the emergent problems of homelessness, hunger, child abuse, health care, and AIDS has been generated through nonprofit agencies funded by taxpayer money. As part of the widespread movement for privatization, these agencies represent revolutionary changes in the welfare state. Steven Smith and Michael Lipsky demonstrate that this massive shift in funds has benefits and drawbacks. Given the breadth of government funding of nonprofit agencies, this first study of the social, political, and organizational effects of this service strategy is an essential contribution to the current raging debates on the future of the welfare state. Reviews of this book: "An insightful analysis of the implications of an important, broad trend of the past thirty years in the social welfare policy of the United States and many other countries...[Smith and Lipsky] demonstrate that we do not have to read about other countries to find a comparative perspective that sheds light on the choices we face in our national health care debate." DD--Bradford H. Gray, Health Affairs "The most comprehensive account we have of the history, extent, nature, and meaning of delivering social services that are paid for by government and delivered through nonprofit organizations." DD--H. Brinton Milward, Public Administration Review "An interesting, absorbing, and important book." DD--William T. Gormley, Jr., American Political Science Review "An important contribution to welfare state scholarship." DD--Kirsten A. Gronbjerg, Contemporary Sociology |
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... dependent on public funds . This reconfiguration of social service provision is the subject of our book . We show how the service sector and its nonprofit providers have been transformed under the subtle pressures of the contracting ...
... dependent on public funds . This reconfiguration of social service provision is the subject of our book . We show how the service sector and its nonprofit providers have been transformed under the subtle pressures of the contracting ...
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... dependent upon government policy for its ultimate efficacy and impact . Nonprofit service organizations of course also serve millions of people . At every stage of the life cycle needy or dependent people turn to programs of nonprofit ...
... dependent upon government policy for its ultimate efficacy and impact . Nonprofit service organizations of course also serve millions of people . At every stage of the life cycle needy or dependent people turn to programs of nonprofit ...
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... dependent on government as one of the few " places " where large sources of support are available . Second , the " blockiness " of contracts makes the potential loss of contract funds particularly hard to take . If an agency experiences ...
... dependent on government as one of the few " places " where large sources of support are available . Second , the " blockiness " of contracts makes the potential loss of contract funds particularly hard to take . If an agency experiences ...
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... by restricting the autonomy of private agencies , even if their capacity for action is enhanced by increases in resources from contracting . ( 2 ) Nonprofit organizations are now highly dependent on 12 THE TURN TO NONPROFITS.
... by restricting the autonomy of private agencies , even if their capacity for action is enhanced by increases in resources from contracting . ( 2 ) Nonprofit organizations are now highly dependent on 12 THE TURN TO NONPROFITS.
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... dependent on govern- ment ; consequently , economic downturns at the state or federal levels may result in cutbacks and the subsequent demise of nonprofit agencies as they fail to replace large parts of their program profiles . During ...
... dependent on govern- ment ; consequently , economic downturns at the state or federal levels may result in cutbacks and the subsequent demise of nonprofit agencies as they fail to replace large parts of their program profiles . During ...
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