Private action and the public good / edited by Walter W. Powell and Elisabeth S. Clemens.

Other author Powell, Walter W.
Other author Clemens, Elisabeth Stephanie, 1958-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©1998.
Descriptionxix, 313 pages ; 29 cm
Subjects
Public interest.
Common good.
Nonprofit organizations.

Contents On the contested nature of the public good / Jane Mansbridge -- Public good as a social and cultural project / Craig Calhoun -- What is altruism? / Alan Wolfe -- Religious ethic and the spirit of nonprofit entrepreneurship / Mark Chaves -- Institutional form and organizational behavior / Burton A. Weisbrod -- Mismeasuring the consequences of ownership: external influences and the comparative performance of public, for-profit, and private nonprofit organizations / Mark Schlesinger -- Does auspice matter? The case of day care for children in Canada / Michael Krashinsky.
Contents Importance of organizational form: parent perceptions versus reality in the day care industry / Elizabeth Mauser -- Markets, politics, and charity: nonprofits in the political economy / Kirsten A. Gronbjerg -- Third route: government-nonprofit collaboration in Germany and the United States / Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier -- Partners in reform: nonprofit organizations and the welfare state in France / Claire F. Ullman -- Nonprofit sector and the transformation of societies: a comparative analysis of East Germany, Poland, and Hungary / Helmut K. Anheier and Wolfgang Seibel.
Contents Kindness or justice? Women's associations and the politics of race and history / Nancy Marie Robertson -- Channeling social protest: foundation patronage of contemporary social movements / J. Craig Jenkins -- Nonprofit organizations in international development: agents of empowerment or preservers of stability? / Brian H. Smith -- Creating social capital: nongovernmental development organizations and intersectoral problem solving / L. David Brown -- Volunteers and professionals: many histories, many meanings / Barry D. Karl.
Contents Bureaucracy and democracy in organizations: revisiting feminist organizations / Catherine Alter -- Environmental constraints and organizational strategies: complexity, conflict, and coping in the nonprofit sector / Victoria D. Alexander -- Reflections on emotional rhetoric and boards for governance of NPOS / Jerald Hage.
Local noteLittle-308740--305131014724V
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97026367
ISBN0300064497 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks JC330.15 .P75 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold