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Nonprofits for hire [[electronic resource] ] : the welfare state in the age of contracting / / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky
| Nonprofits for hire [[electronic resource] ] : the welfare state in the age of contracting / / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky |
| Autore | Smith Steven Rathgeb <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.60973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LipskyMichael |
| Soggetto topico |
Social service - Contracting out - United States
Welfare state - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-674-04381-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Part I: The Turn to Nonprofits; 1. Contracting for Services in the Welfare State; The Scope of Nonprofit Service Organizations; Issues for the Welfare State; 2. Nonprofit Organizations and Community; Nonprofits as Manifestations of Community; Community and the Theory of Nonprofit Organizations; Toward a Political Explanation of Nonprofit Organizations; Three Types of Nonprofit Service Agencies; Part II: The Contracting Regime; Introduction to Part II; 3. The Political Economy of Nonprofit Revenues; Historical Background; Impact at the Service Delivery Level
The Reagan Era and a Changing Federal Role4. Guardians of Community and Issues of Governance; Boards of Directors; Executive Directors; Boards, Executives, and Community; 5. Service Providers for the Welfare State; Professionalization; Deprofessionalization and Government Funding; Volunteers and Organizational Capacity; The New Street-Level Bureaucrats; 6. Services and Clients under Contracting; Imperatives of Public and Nonprofit Service Organizations; Significance of Differences between Government and Nonprofits; Changes in Practices under Contracting 7. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit OrganizationsUnderstanding the Nonprofit Organization; Cash Flow; The Dance of Contract Renewal; The Question of Goal Succession; Part III: Implications for the Welfare State; 8. The New Politics of the Contracting Regime; Individual Agencies in the Political Process; The Rise of Associations of Nonprofit Providers; The Corporatist Politics of the Contracting Regime; The Nonprofit Sector under Attack; 9. Privatization in Human Services: A Critique; Why Does Government Contract with Nonprofit Agencies?; Perfmmance Assessment The Irony of Privatization through Contracting10. Government, Nonprofit Agencies, and the Welfare State; Issues of Citizenship; Contracting as Symbolic Politics; Toward a Balanced Approach to Communal Prouision; Tables; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455401403321 |
Smith Steven Rathgeb <1951->
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| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nonprofits for hire [[electronic resource] ] : the welfare state in the age of contracting / / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky
| Nonprofits for hire [[electronic resource] ] : the welfare state in the age of contracting / / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky |
| Autore | Smith Steven Rathgeb <1951-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.60973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LipskyMichael |
| Soggetto topico |
Social service - Contracting out - United States
Welfare state - United States |
| ISBN | 0-674-04381-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Part I: The Turn to Nonprofits; 1. Contracting for Services in the Welfare State; The Scope of Nonprofit Service Organizations; Issues for the Welfare State; 2. Nonprofit Organizations and Community; Nonprofits as Manifestations of Community; Community and the Theory of Nonprofit Organizations; Toward a Political Explanation of Nonprofit Organizations; Three Types of Nonprofit Service Agencies; Part II: The Contracting Regime; Introduction to Part II; 3. The Political Economy of Nonprofit Revenues; Historical Background; Impact at the Service Delivery Level
The Reagan Era and a Changing Federal Role4. Guardians of Community and Issues of Governance; Boards of Directors; Executive Directors; Boards, Executives, and Community; 5. Service Providers for the Welfare State; Professionalization; Deprofessionalization and Government Funding; Volunteers and Organizational Capacity; The New Street-Level Bureaucrats; 6. Services and Clients under Contracting; Imperatives of Public and Nonprofit Service Organizations; Significance of Differences between Government and Nonprofits; Changes in Practices under Contracting 7. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit OrganizationsUnderstanding the Nonprofit Organization; Cash Flow; The Dance of Contract Renewal; The Question of Goal Succession; Part III: Implications for the Welfare State; 8. The New Politics of the Contracting Regime; Individual Agencies in the Political Process; The Rise of Associations of Nonprofit Providers; The Corporatist Politics of the Contracting Regime; The Nonprofit Sector under Attack; 9. Privatization in Human Services: A Critique; Why Does Government Contract with Nonprofit Agencies?; Perfmmance Assessment The Irony of Privatization through Contracting10. Government, Nonprofit Agencies, and the Welfare State; Issues of Citizenship; Contracting as Symbolic Politics; Toward a Balanced Approach to Communal Prouision; Tables; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778175803321 |
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Smith Steven Rathgeb <1951->
|
||
| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Nonprofits for hire : the welfare state in the age of contracting / / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky
| Nonprofits for hire : the welfare state in the age of contracting / / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky |
| Autore | Smith Steven Rathgeb <1951-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina | 361.60973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LipskyMichael |
| Soggetto topico |
Social service - Contracting out - United States
Welfare state - United States |
| ISBN | 0-674-04381-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Contents; Part I: The Turn to Nonprofits; 1. Contracting for Services in the Welfare State; The Scope of Nonprofit Service Organizations; Issues for the Welfare State; 2. Nonprofit Organizations and Community; Nonprofits as Manifestations of Community; Community and the Theory of Nonprofit Organizations; Toward a Political Explanation of Nonprofit Organizations; Three Types of Nonprofit Service Agencies; Part II: The Contracting Regime; Introduction to Part II; 3. The Political Economy of Nonprofit Revenues; Historical Background; Impact at the Service Delivery Level
The Reagan Era and a Changing Federal Role4. Guardians of Community and Issues of Governance; Boards of Directors; Executive Directors; Boards, Executives, and Community; 5. Service Providers for the Welfare State; Professionalization; Deprofessionalization and Government Funding; Volunteers and Organizational Capacity; The New Street-Level Bureaucrats; 6. Services and Clients under Contracting; Imperatives of Public and Nonprofit Service Organizations; Significance of Differences between Government and Nonprofits; Changes in Practices under Contracting 7. Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit OrganizationsUnderstanding the Nonprofit Organization; Cash Flow; The Dance of Contract Renewal; The Question of Goal Succession; Part III: Implications for the Welfare State; 8. The New Politics of the Contracting Regime; Individual Agencies in the Political Process; The Rise of Associations of Nonprofit Providers; The Corporatist Politics of the Contracting Regime; The Nonprofit Sector under Attack; 9. Privatization in Human Services: A Critique; Why Does Government Contract with Nonprofit Agencies?; Perfmmance Assessment The Irony of Privatization through Contracting10. Government, Nonprofit Agencies, and the Welfare State; Issues of Citizenship; Contracting as Symbolic Politics; Toward a Balanced Approach to Communal Prouision; Tables; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812740803321 |
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Smith Steven Rathgeb <1951->
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| Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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