On Being Nonprofit A Conceptual and Policy Primer

Name: On Being Nonprofit A Conceptual and Policy Primer
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ISBN: 9780674018358

ISBN-10: 0674018354

ISBN-13: 9780674018358

Edition: 2002

Authors: Peter Frumkin

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This concise and illuminating book provides a road map to the evolving conceptual and policy terrain of the nonprofit sector. Drawing on prominent economic, political, and sociological explanations of nonprofit activity, Peter Frumkin focuses on four important functions that have come to define nonprofit organizations. The author clarifies the debate over the underlying rationale for the nonprofit and voluntary sector's privileged position in America by examining how nonprofits deliver needed services, promote civic engagement, express values and faith, and channel entrepreneurial impulses. Probing foundational thinking as well as emergent ideas, the book is an essential guide for nonprofit…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Peter Frumkin is Professor of Public Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Director of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, both at the University of Texas at Austin.




The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector



Civic and Political Engagement



Service Delivery



Values and Faith



Social Entrepreneurship



Balancing the Functions of Nonprofit and Voluntary Action


Notes


Index