Nonprofit Organizations : Theory, Management, Policy

by Anheier; Helmut K.

• ISBN13: 9780415314190
• ISBN10: 0415314194
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-02-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This textbook on nonprofit organizations, voluntary and community associations, and the third sector answers the increasing need for a high quality, accessible textbook for the increasing number of courses available on these subjects. Each chapter deals with theory and practice and includes a high level of features to aid reader accessibility, there will be study aids, a glossary, strong pedagogical elements such as boxes and case studies. Systematic in its treatment of theories, management approaches and policy analysis of the nonprofit field it methodically introduces central terms such as philanthropy, charity, community and the public good.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I Introduction	1	(110)
Studying nonprofit organizations	3	(17)
Historical background	20	(17)
Concepts	37	(26)
Dimensions I: overview	63	(32)
Dimensions II: specific fields	95	(16)
Part II Approaches	111	(60)
Theoretical approaches	113	(26)
Organizational theory and structure	139	(32)
Part III Managing nonprofit organizations	171	(108)
Nonprofit behavior and performance	173	(30)
Resourcing nonprofit organizations	203	(22)
Stakeholders, governance, and accountability	225	(17)
Management I: models	242	(14)
Management II: tools and special topics	256	(23)
Part IV Policy and special topics	279	(102)
State-nonprofit relations	281	(20)
Foundations	301	(27)
International issues and globalization	328	(31)
Policy issues and developments	359	(22)
Appendices	381	(22)
Appendix 1 The International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations: explanatory notes	383	(9)
Appendix 2 Exercises and discussion material	392	(11)
Notes	403	(4)
Bibliography	407	(35)
Index	442