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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817553503321

Titolo

Community organizations : studies in resource mobilization and exchange / / edited by Carl Milofsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988

©1988

ISBN

1-280-43983-1

0-19-536436-8

1-60129-642-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

Yale Studies on Non-Profit Organizations

Disciplina

307/.06

Soggetti

Voluntarism - United States

Community organization - United States

Nonprofit organizations - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Networks, Markets, Culture, and Contracts: Understanding Community Organizations; 1. Scarcity and Community: A Resource Allocation Theory of Community and Mass Society Organizations; 2. A Theory of Voluntary Organization; 3. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields; 4. Substance versus Symbol in Administrative Reform: The Case of Human Services Coordination; 5. The Corporation-Culture Connection: A Test of Interorganizational Theories; 6. United Charities: An Economic Analysis

7. The United Way: Understanding How It Works Is the First Step to Effecting Change8. The Market for Loving-Kindness: Day-Care Centers and the Demand for Child Care; 9. Structure and Process in Community Self-Help Organizations; 10. The Structure of Funding Arenas for Neighborhood Based Organizations; 11. Local Communities and Organized Action; Appendix: The New World Survey of Community Self-Help Organizations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y



Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the roles, functions, and governance of non-profit organizations that work on behalf of the welfare of citizens of specific communities.