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Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting

By Steven Smith , Michael Lipsky

Book information

Year
1993
ISBN
0674626389, 9780674626386, 0674626397, 9780674626393
LCC
HV95 .S585 1993
Open Library ID
OL1723086M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12182885 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
306\308
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In recent years, government's primary response to the emergent problems of homelessness, hunger, child abuse, health care, and AIDS has been generated through nonprofit agencies funded by taxpayer money. As part of the widespread movement for privatization, these agencies represent revolutionary changes in the welfare state. Steven Smith and Michael Lipsky demonstrate that this massive shift in funds has benefits and drawbacks. Given the breadth of government funding of nonprofit agencies, this first study of the social, political, and organizational effects of this service strategy is an essential contribution to the current raging debates on the future of the welfare state.

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