Players in the Public Policy Process: Nonprofits as Social Capital and Agents - Hardcover

Bryce, H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1403968292 ISBN 13: 9781403968296

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach, one that can lead to serious questions about many of the existing views that all nonprofits result from market or government failure. Bryce provides a more positive, cross-national and inclusive perspective on these organizations that applies across all of their disciplines and in developed or developing countries alike.

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From the Inside Flap

"Insightful, innovative, and well-grounded theoretical and policy approaches to the role and niche of nonprofits; strongly recommended to scholars in the social sciences, policy analysts, and public officials."
--Julian Wolpert, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Geography, Public Affairs, and Urban Planning; Chair, Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

"The increasing role of nonprofits as agents of public purpose creates both opportunities and risks. This book helps us better to understand both the sources of the opportunities and the nature of the risks."
--Steven Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
|"Insightful, innovative, and well-grounded; strongly recommended."
--Julian Wolpert, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Geography, Public Affairs, and Urban Planning; Chair, Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

"The increasing role of nonprofits as agents of public purpose creates both opportunities and risks. This book helps us better to understand both the sources of the opportunities and the nature of the risks."
--Steven Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"Timely, fresh, and innately significant." -- Clarence Stone, Author of Regime Politics
|"Insightful, innovative, and well-grounded; strongly recommended."
--Julian Wolpert, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Geography, Public Affairs, and Urban Planning; Chair, Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

"The increasing role of nonprofits as agents of public purpose creates both opportunities and risks. This book helps us better to understand both the sources of the opportunities and the nature of the risks."
--Steven Kelman, Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"Timely, fresh, and innately significant." -- Clarence Stone, Author of Regime Politics

About the Author

HERRINGTON J. BRYCE Life of Virginia Professor of Business Administration and Affiliate of the Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program at the College of William and Mary, USA. He is author of Financial and Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1403968292
• ISBN 13: 9781403968296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306