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The Nonprofit Sector

A Research Handbook, Second Edition

  • Edited by Walter W. Powell and Richard Steinberg
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Richard Steinberg and Walter W. Powell

Part I History and Scope of the Nonprofit Sector

1 The Nonprofit Sector in Historical Perspective: Traditions of

Philanthropy in the West 13

Kevin C. Robbins

2 A Historical Overview of Philanthropy, Voluntary Associations, and Nonprofit

Organizations in the United States, 1600–2000 32

Peter Dobkin Hall

3 Scope and Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector 66

Elizabeth T. Boris and C. Eugene Steuerle

4 The Nonprofit Sector in Comparative Perspective 89

Helmut K. Anheier and Lester M. Salamon

Part II Nonprofits and the Marketplace

5 Economic Theories of Nonprofit Organizations 117

Richard Steinberg

6 Nonprofit Organizations and the Market 140

Eleanor Brown and Al Slivinski

7 Work in the Nonprofit Sector 159

Laura Leete

8 Collaboration between Corporations and Nonprofit Organizations 180

Joseph Galaskiewicz and Michelle Sinclair Colman

Part III Nonprofits and the Polity

9 The Constitution of Citizens: Political Theories of Nonprofit Organizations 207

Elisabeth S. Clemens

10 Scope and Theory of Government-Nonprofit Relations 221

Steven Rathgeb Smith and Kirsten A. Grønbjerg

11 The Legal Framework for Nonprofit Organizations 243
12 The Federal Tax Treatment of Charitable Organizations 267

John Simon, Harvey Dale, and Laura Chisolm

13 Nonprofit Organizations and Political Advocacy 307

J. Craig Jenkins

14 International Nongovernmental Organizations 333

John Boli

Part IV Key Activities in the Nonprofit Sector

15 Foundations 355

Kenneth Prewitt

16 Nonprofit Organizations and Health Care: Some Paradoxes of

Persistent Scrutiny 378

Mark Schlesinger and Bradford H. Gray

17 Social Care and the Nonprofit Sector in the Western Developed World 415

Jeremy Kendall, Martin Knapp, and Julien Forder

18 Nonprofit Organizations and the Intersectoral Division of Labor in the Arts 432

Paul DiMaggio

19 Higher Education: Evolving Forms and Emerging Markets 462

Patricia J. Gumport and Stuart K. Snydman

20 Religion and the Nonprofit Sector 485

Wendy Cadge and Robert Wuthnow

21 Nonprofit Community Organizations in Poor Urban Settings:

Bridging Institutional Gaps for Youth 506

Sarah Deschenes, Milbrey McLaughlin, and Jennifer O’Donoghue

Part V Who Participates in the Nonprofit Sector and Why?

22 Nonprofit Membership Associations 523

Mary Tschirhart

23 Charitable Giving: How Much, by Whom, to What, and How? 542

John J. Havens, Mary A. O’Herlihy, and Paul G. Schervish

24 Why Do People Give? 568

Lise Vesterlund

Part VI Mission and Governance

25 Nonprofit Mission: Constancy, Responsiveness, or Deflection? 591

Debra C. Minkoff and Walter W. Powell

26 Governance: Research Trends, Gaps, and Future Prospects 612

Francie Ostrower and Melissa M. Stone

27 Commercial Activity, Technological Change, and Nonprofit Mission 629

Howard P. Tuckman and Cyril F. Chang

About the Contributors 645

Index 651


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