ABSTRACT
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 readings encompass a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines and cover everything from Andrew Carnegie’s turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy to the most recent writings of current scholars and practitioners. Each of the text’s ten parts opens with a framing essay by the editors that provides an overview of the central themes and issues, as well as sometimes competing points of view.
The fourth edition of this comprehensive volume includes both new and classic readings, as well as two new sections on the international NGO sector and theories about intersectoral relations. The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector, Fourth Edition is therefore an impressively up-to-date reader designed to provide students of nonprofit and public management with a thorough overview of this growing field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|61 pages
Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector( a )
part II|47 pages
The History, Values, and Activities of Nonprofit Organizations in the United States
chapter Chapter 7|10 pages
Critical Perspectives on the History and Development of the Nonprofit Sector in the United States
part III|67 pages
The Nonprofit Sector Internationally: The Global Context
chapter Chapter 8|20 pages
International Trends in Government-Nonprofit Relations: Constancy, Change, and Contradictions
part IV|34 pages
Tax Exemption and Tax Deduction
part V|34 pages
Economic Theories of the Nonprofit Sector(*)
chapter Chapter 18|11 pages
Economic Theories of the Social Sector: From Nonprofits to Social Enterprise
part VI|52 pages
Political Theories of the Nonprofit Sector
chapter Chapter 19|15 pages
The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations
part VII|61 pages
Community and Civil Society Theories of the Nonprofit Sector
part VIII|57 pages
Theories of Giving and Philanthropy
chapter Chapter 29|16 pages
New Humanitarianism and the Crisis of Charity: Good Intentions on the Road to Help
part IX|70 pages
Theories of Relations and Collaboration Within and Between Sectors
part X|68 pages
The Nongovernmental (NGO) Sector in Other Countries