Politics and partnerships: the role of voluntary associations in America's political past and present
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Weitere Verfasser: Clemens, Elisabeth Stephanie 1958- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2010
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Introduction: politics and partnerships / Elisabeth S. Clemens and Doug Guthrie -- Of, by, and instead of politics -- Civil society and American nationalism, 1776-1865 / Johann N. Neem -- Steering the state: government, nonprofits, and the making of labor knowledge in the new era / Mark Hendrickson -- In the shadow of the New Deal: reconfiguring the roles of government and charity, 1928-1940 / Elisabeth S. Clemens -- Nonprofits in a world of markets -- Bringing the market back in: philanthropic activism and conservative reform / Alice O'Connor -- Nonprofit research institutes: from companies without products to universities without students / James A. Evans -- Corporate philanthropy in the United States: what causes do corporations back? / Doug Guthrie -- Boundary crossing: contemporary recombinations of markets, states, and nonprofit organizing -- Privatizing the welfare state: nonprofit community-based organizations as political actors / Nicole P. Marwell -- Nonprofits and the reconstruction of urban governance: housing production and community development in Cleveland, 1975-2005 / Michael McQuarrie -- Evangelical megachurches and the christianization of civil society: an ethnographic case study / Omri Elisha -- Resolviendo: how September 11 tested and transformed a New York City Mexican immigrant organization / Alyshia Gálvez
Exhorting people to volunteer is part of the everyday vocabulary of American politics. Routinely, members of both major parties call for partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations. These entreaties increase dramatically during times of crisis, and the voluntary efforts of ordinary citizens are now seen as a necessary supplement to government intervention. But despite the ubiquity of the idea of volunteerism in public policy debates, analysis of its role in American governance has been fragmented. Bringing together a diverse set of disciplinary approaches, Politics and Partners
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ISBN:0226109968
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