Grace Budrys

How Nonprofits Work

Case Studies in Nonprofit Organizations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How Nonprofits Work looks at nonprofit organizations through a sociological lens, identifying characteristics that make some nonprofits successful and characteristics that cause challenges, focusing on nonprofts in the health services sector. The book opens with helpful background information about nonprofit organizations, then shares case studies that take readers more deeply into the challenges and successes of various organizations. Given the trials nonprofits face in the current economic climate, this timely book helps readers move beyond the good intentions in nonprofits to find successful practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 551g
• ISBN-13: 9781442221055
• ISBN-10: 1442221054
• Artikelnr.: 36529352

Autorenporträt

Grace Budrys is professor of sociology and Director of the Master of Public Health Program at DePaul University. She is the author of several books, including Unequal Health: How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness and Our Unsystematic Health Care System.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction 2: What Makes Nonprofit Organizations Special? 3: The Size
and Scope of the Nonprofit Sector 4: Analytical Framework 5: The Case
Presentation Framework 6: Two Classic Case Studies 7: Delivering Nursing
Case in a Person's Home 8: Confronting a Highly Contagious Disease 9: Needs
of People with a Significant Physical Impairment 10: Helping People with
Various Disabilities 11: Battling the Spread of HIV/AIDS 12: Helping to
Overcome Hunger 13: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing 14:
Conclusion