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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Pagina 14
... citizen- ship . There is more . These are private workers who are representing the state to citizens , but under the sponsorship of nonprofit agencies whose connections to government and to the average citizen may be very tenuous . At ...
... citizen- ship . There is more . These are private workers who are representing the state to citizens , but under the sponsorship of nonprofit agencies whose connections to government and to the average citizen may be very tenuous . At ...
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... citizen both of his or her local commu- nity and the national community , because each citizen would be entitled to an array of basic services . In Western Europe and Canada this socialization of distribution meant the extension of ...
... citizen both of his or her local commu- nity and the national community , because each citizen would be entitled to an array of basic services . In Western Europe and Canada this socialization of distribution meant the extension of ...
Pagina 16
... citizen , assured to him as a political rights , not as charity . " America was a reluctant welfare state because it had done much less than other industrialized countries in developing government - pro- tected minimum standards . Until ...
... citizen , assured to him as a political rights , not as charity . " America was a reluctant welfare state because it had done much less than other industrialized countries in developing government - pro- tected minimum standards . Until ...
Pagina 17
... citizen participation in service delivery , and fellow- ship through voluntary action , while guaranteeing a minimum level of service regardless of income and social status . Indeed , this ratio- nale served as a justification for the ...
... citizen participation in service delivery , and fellow- ship through voluntary action , while guaranteeing a minimum level of service regardless of income and social status . Indeed , this ratio- nale served as a justification for the ...
Pagina 18
... - mented social programs because citizens in need of relief are not regarded as entitled to social benefits . To Reich , the existing system of voluntary and public relief hurts America's ability to compete 18 THE TURN TO NONPROFITS.
... - mented social programs because citizens in need of relief are not regarded as entitled to social benefits . To Reich , the existing system of voluntary and public relief hurts America's ability to compete 18 THE TURN TO NONPROFITS.
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