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The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting

By: Steven Rathgeb Smith,Michael Lipsky

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The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting

By: Steven Rathgeb Smith,Michael Lipsky

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. Reviews of this book: "An insightful analysis of the implications of an important, broad trend of the past thirty years in the social welfare policy of the United States and many other countries...[Smith and Lipsky] demonstrate that we do not have to read about other countries to find a comparative perspective that sheds light on the choices we face in our national health care debate." DD--Bradford H. Gray, Health Affairs "The most comprehensive account we have of the history, extent, nature, and meaning of delivering social services that are paid for by government and delivered through nonprofit organizations." DD--H. Brinton Milward, Public Administration Review "An interesting, absorbing, and important book." DD--William T. Gormley, Jr., American Political Science Review "An important contribution to welfare state scholarship." DD--Kirsten A. Gronbjerg, Contemporary Sociology

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Harvard University Press

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0674043812

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The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting

By: Steven Rathgeb Smith,Michael Lipsky

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The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

Advancing the Field(s)

By: Kirsten A. Grønbjerg,Steven Rathgeb Smith

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The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

Advancing the Field(s)

By: Kirsten A. Grønbjerg,Steven Rathgeb Smith

We advance nonprofit scholarship by using the conceptual framework of policy fields to examine differences across nonprofit fields of activity. We focus on the structure of relationships among four sectors (government, nonprofit, market, informal) and how relationships differ across policy fields (here health, human services, education, arts and culture, and religion). The fields differ notably in the economic share that each sector holds and the functional division of labor among the sectors. Systemic differences also exist in how the nonprofit sector interacts with the government, market, and informal sectors. The policy fields themselves operate within national contexts of distinctive economic and political configurations. The framework explores how government-nonprofit relationships differ across policy fields, the factors responsible for this variation, and offers predictive capacity to generate hypotheses and research designs for additional research. We provide insights on how nonprofit organizations differ in key sub-fields with direct relevance for policy and practice.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108786286

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The Responsible Contract Manager

Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World

By: Steven Cohen

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The Responsible Contract Manager

Protecting the Public Interest in an Outsourced World

By: Steven Cohen

Contract management is a critical skill for all contemporary public managers. As more government duties are contracted out, managers must learn to coordinate and measure the performance of private contractors, and to write contract requirements and elicit bids that obtain important services and products at the best possible price and quality. They must also learn to work in teams that include both public and private sector partners. The Responsible Contract Manager delves into the issues of how to ensure that the work done by private sector contractors serves the public interest and argues for the necessity of making these organizations act as extensions of the public sector while maintaining their private character. Government contract managers have a unique burden because they must develop practices that ensure the production advantages of networked organizations and the transparency and accountability required of the public sector. The Responsible Contract Manager fills a major gap in public management literature by providing a clear and practical introduction to the best practices of contract management and also includes a discussion of public ethics, governance and representation theory. It is an essential guide for all public management scholars and is especially useful for students in MPA graduate programs and related fields.

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Georgetown University Press

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1589016491

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The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

Advancing the Field(s)

By: Kirsten A. Grønbjerg,Steven Rathgeb Smith

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Nonprofits for Hire

Nonprofits for Hire

Nonprofits for Hire

Nonprofits for Hire

The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

The Responsible Contract Manager

The Responsible Contract Manager

The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

The Changing Dynamic of Government–Nonprofit Relationships

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