Machine generated contents note: Foreword -- Kirsten Grønbjerg -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector -- 1. The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector -- Peter Frumkin (2002) -- 2. The Nonprofit Sector and Its Place in the National Economy -- Katie L. Roeger, Amy S. Blackwood & Sarah L. Pettijohn (2012) -- 3. Defining and Theorizing the Third Sector -- Olaf Corry (2011) -- Part II. The Nonprofit Sector's Historical Evolution, Distinctive Values, and Contributions to Society -- 4. Brief History of the Nonprofit Sector -- Thomas P. Holland & Roger A. Ritvo (2008) -- 5. The Gospel of Wealth -- Andrew Carnegie (1889) -- 6. The Impact of the Voluntary Sector on Society -- David Horton Smith (1973) -- Part III. Tax-Exemption and Tax-Deduction -- 7. Tax-Exempt Organization. -- Christopher Hoyt (1998) -- 8. The Charitable Sector's Relationship with Government -- Molly F. Sherlock & Jane G. Gravelle (2009) -- Part IV. Economic Theories of the Nonprofit Sector -- 9. Ownership and Organizational Form: Nonprofit Firms -- Henry Hansmann (2013) -- 10. Market Failure -- Lester M. Salamon (1999) -- 11. Contract Failure Theory -- Dennis R. Young (1998) -- 12. Government Failure Theory -- Dennis R. Young (1998) -- 13. Devolution, Marketization, and the Changing Shape of Government-Nonprofit Relations -- Kirsten A. Grønbjerg & Lester M. Salamon (2012) -- Part V. Political Theories of the Nonprofit Sector -- 14. The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations -- Elisabeth S. Clemens (2006) -- 15. Citizenship and Prosocial Behavior -- Marc A. Musick & John Wilson (2008) -- VI. Community Theories of the Nonprofit Sector -- 16. To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy -- Peter L. Berger & Richard John Neuhaus (1977) -- 17. Nonprofit Organizations and Community -- Steven Rathgeb Smith & Michael Lipsky (1993) -- 18. Organizational Social Capital and Nonprofits -- Jo Anne Schneider (2009) -- VII. Civil Society Theories of the Nonprofit Sector -- 19. Bowling Alone: Thinking About Social Change in America -- Robert D. Putnam (2000) -- 20. Civil Society as a Public Sphere -- Sabine Lang (2013) -- Part VIII. Theories of Giving and Philanthropy -- 21. Giving Well, Doing Good -- Amy A. Kass (2008) -- 22. What is Altruism? -- Alan Wolf (1998) -- 23. Doing Good -- David H. Smith (2005) -- 24. Philanthropy in Communities of Color -- Bradford Smith, Sylvia Shue, Jennifer Lisa Vest & Joseph Villarreal (1999) -- Part IX. The Blending and Blurring of the Sectors -- 25. Third Party Government. -- Dennis R. Young (1998) -- 26. The Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Its Entwining with Private Enterprise and Government. -- Burton A. Weisbrod (1997) -- 27. From Welfare Bureaucracies to Welfare Hybrids -- David Billis (2010) -- Part X. The Nonprofit Sector Internationally: The Global Context -- 28. Government-Nonprofit Relations from an International Perspective -- Lester M. Salamon (2006) -- 29. Organizations that Straddle the State-Society Divide: Illuminating Blind Spots of Existing Paradigms -- Benjamin L. Read & Robert Pekkanen (2009, 2014) -- 30. International Assistance -- Abby Stoddard (2012)
Summary:
"The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector is a collection of insightful and influential classic and recent readings on the existence, forms and functions of the nonprofit sector--the sector that sits between the market and government. The book encompasses everything from Andrew Carnegie's turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy to the most recent writings by current scholars and practitioners from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. Each part in the book opens with a framing essay by the editors that provides an overview of the central themes and issues, as well as the sometimes competing points of view. The third edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to feature new essays that analyze the nonprofit sector's place in our economy and its relationship to our government, and new readings on the economic, community, and civil society theories of the nonprofit sector. The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector is thorough, topical, and above all, accessible to students, making it the ideal text for graduate and upper-division undergraduate nonprofit organizations and management survey courses"-- Provided by publisher.
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