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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... service provision takes place through the unwinding of complex relations between legislative appropriations , government contracting , and implementation of public policies by means of nonprofit organizations dependent on public funds ...
... service provision takes place through the unwinding of complex relations between legislative appropriations , government contracting , and implementation of public policies by means of nonprofit organizations dependent on public funds ...
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... Public and Nonprofit Service Organizations 121 120 Significance of Differences between Government and Nonprofits 127 Changes in Practices under Contracting 7. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit Organizations 147 Understanding the ...
... Public and Nonprofit Service Organizations 121 120 Significance of Differences between Government and Nonprofits 127 Changes in Practices under Contracting 7. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit Organizations 147 Understanding the ...
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... service delivery . The attraction of voluntary associations to citizens remains undi- minished by the dominance of public programs in providing for the bulk of people's needs . Indeed , the inherent difficulties of operating a welfare ...
... service delivery . The attraction of voluntary associations to citizens remains undi- minished by the dominance of public programs in providing for the bulk of people's needs . Indeed , the inherent difficulties of operating a welfare ...
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... public , more dependence on nonprofit organi- zations means not less but ... sector , are relatively new . Appreciation of these trends emerges from a ... sector in service delivery . It is relatively easy to note the extensive reach of ...
... public , more dependence on nonprofit organi- zations means not less but ... sector , are relatively new . Appreciation of these trends emerges from a ... sector in service delivery . It is relatively easy to note the extensive reach of ...
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... service agencies increased 106 percent between 1975 and 1985 , fueled largely by increases in government funding . ' 13 A 1986 study of the nonprofit sector ... public relations , and Contracting for Services 7.
... service agencies increased 106 percent between 1975 and 1985 , fueled largely by increases in government funding . ' 13 A 1986 study of the nonprofit sector ... public relations , and Contracting for Services 7.
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