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Autore |
Salamon Lester M. |
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Titolo |
The resilient sector revisited : the new challenge to nonprofit America / / Lester M. Salamon ; with the assistance of S. Wojciech Sokolowski |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Brookings Institution Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[Second edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nonprofit organizations - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The stakes: what is the nonprofit sector and why do we need it -- Four impulses shaping the future of nonprofit America -- The challenges -- The opportunities -- The nonprofit response: a story of resilience -- The risks -- The road ahead: toward a renewal strategy for nonprofit America. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nonprofit America is one of the least understood segments of national life, yet also one of the most crucial.Author Lester Salamon, who pioneered the empirical study of the nonprofit sector in the United States, provides a wealth of new data to paint a compelling picture of a set of institutions being buffeted by a withering set of challenges, yet still finding ways to survive and prosper. These challenges, however, are posing enormous risks to the historic character and role of nonprofits.Operating in an increasingly competitive environment in which traditional sources of government and phila |
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