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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... ment and nonprofits as two independent sectors , the new relation- ship amounts to one of mutual dependence . Mutual dependence blurs the lines between public and private . The agencies now often depend on government financing . A 1988 ...
... ment and nonprofits as two independent sectors , the new relation- ship amounts to one of mutual dependence . Mutual dependence blurs the lines between public and private . The agencies now often depend on government financing . A 1988 ...
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... ment of drug and substance abuse agencies was almost as great ( 62 percent ) .28 Even sectarian service organizations receive substantial amounts of government funding . Catholic Charities U.S.A. estimates that 44 percent of affiliate ...
... ment of drug and substance abuse agencies was almost as great ( 62 percent ) .28 Even sectarian service organizations receive substantial amounts of government funding . Catholic Charities U.S.A. estimates that 44 percent of affiliate ...
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... ment contracts . Head Start programs served an estimated 452,314 children in fiscal year 1989 , an increase of almost 80,000 children from fiscal year 1980. Since the founding of Head Start in 1965 , over 10 million children have been ...
... ment contracts . Head Start programs served an estimated 452,314 children in fiscal year 1989 , an increase of almost 80,000 children from fiscal year 1980. Since the founding of Head Start in 1965 , over 10 million children have been ...
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... 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 the Great Depression ...
... 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 the Great Depression ...
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... ment rather than a gift . Through this socialization of distribution every person could be a full citizen both of his or her local commu- nity and the national community , because each citizen would be entitled to an array of basic ...
... ment rather than a gift . Through this socialization of distribution every person could be a full citizen both of his or her local commu- nity and the national community , because each citizen would be entitled to an array of basic ...
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