POLITICS AND PARTNERSHIPS by Elisabeth Stephanie Clemens (Editor), Doug Guthrie (Editor) ( 9780226109978 )

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Title:

POLITICS AND PARTNERSHIPS
THE ROLE OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS IN AMERICA'S POLITICAL PAST AND PRESENT

By:

Elisabeth Stephanie Clemens (Editor), Doug Guthrie (Editor)

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0226109976

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9780226109978

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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

15 February, 2011

Pages:

352

Description:

Bringing together a set of disciplinary approaches, this title presents an examination of the place of voluntary associations in political history and an investigation into contemporary experiments in reshaping that role. It reveals the key role nonprofits have played in the evolution of both the workplace and welfare.

Synopsis:

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 Partnerships" is a thorough examination of the place of voluntary associations in political history and an astute investigation into contemporary experiments in reshaping that role. The essays here reveal the key role nonprofits have played in the evolution of both the workplace and welfare and illuminate the way the government's retreat from welfare has radically altered the relationship between nonprofits and corporations.

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3 halftones, 17 line drawings, 13 tables

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University of Chicago Press

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