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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... public policies by means of nonprofit organizations 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 ...
... public policies by means of nonprofit organizations 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 ...
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... social policy . We also hope that people engaged in the nonprofit sector may discover answers to the inconsistencies they confront in their work , such as : why do governments say they want our services , but do not pay us enough to do ...
... social policy . We also hope that people engaged in the nonprofit sector may discover answers to the inconsistencies they confront in their work , such as : why do governments say they want our services , but do not pay us enough to do ...
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... Social Service Review , the Journal of Health Politics , Policy and Law , Child Welfare , and as an article by Smith and Deborah A. Stone in Remaking the Welfare State , ed . by Michael K. Brown ( Philadelphia : Temple University Press ...
... Social Service Review , the Journal of Health Politics , Policy and Law , Child Welfare , and as an article by Smith and Deborah A. Stone in Remaking the Welfare State , ed . by Michael K. Brown ( Philadelphia : Temple University Press ...
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... social clubs , foundations , federated charities , church service organizations such as the Salva- tion Army , and ... policy and service delivery . The attraction of voluntary associations to citizens remains undi- minished by the dominance ...
... social clubs , foundations , federated charities , church service organizations such as the Salva- tion Army , and ... policy and service delivery . The attraction of voluntary associations to citizens remains undi- minished by the dominance ...
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... social policy initiatives are likely to attract planners to the contracting approach , as they recently have done in the areas of child abuse prevention , daycare , employment and training , alternatives to prison , and other social ...
... social policy initiatives are likely to attract planners to the contracting approach , as they recently have done in the areas of child abuse prevention , daycare , employment and training , alternatives to prison , and other social ...
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