Michael O'Neill

Nonprofit Nation

A New Look at the Third America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With the introduction of the first edition of his landmark book The Third America, Michael O'Neill created a much-needed resource for analyzing and understanding the "invisible sector"-the thousands of nonprofit organizations that have a significant impact on society but have less than significant visibility. The nonprofit sector is no longer invisible. It is a high-profile, high-impact community that affects the lives of people throughout the country and the world. Understanding the nonprofit sector is essential--both to the professionals and volunteers within the sector and to concerned citizens and community leaders who work with the nonprofits that influence our society. In Nonprofit Nation, the new edition of his classic work, O'Neill takes a fresh look at the nonprofit sector and the power it has to use its growing visibility and strength. Like the first edition, this new book is an up-to-date, comprehensive guide to understanding the nonprofit sector. Identifying and examining the major nonprofit subsectors-health care, arts, social service, and religious organizations, for example-and detailing their particular concerns and impact enable O'Neill to explore their influence on business, government and society. The new edition also features: * Expanded sections on scope and impact * Updated and enlarged statistical information * New insights on the development of the nonprofit sector * A new section on theories of the nonprofit sector In addition, O'Neill addresses the direction, growth, and role of the nonprofit sector for the next twenty-five years, and his insights are sure to prove helpful to nonprofits wanting to sustain and increase their impact on society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9780787954147
• ISBN-10: 0787954144
• Artikelnr.: 21067379

Autorenporträt

Michael O'Neill lives on a farm in Sounthern Ontario with his wife and best friend Kerri. A father, farmer, plumber and, now, has turned to his passion as an avid writer. Watch for future works!

Inhaltsangabe

Tables.

Preface.

The Author.

1. Nonprofit Nation.

2. Theories.

3. Religion.

4. Social Service.

5. Health Care.

6. Education and Research.

7. Advocacy.

8. Arts and Culture.

9. International.

10. Funders.

11. Mutual Benefit.

12. Prospects.

Appendix.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"An invaluable compendium: accurate, detailed, and up-to-date factsembedded in an incisive commentary on the history, impact, andprospects of the nonprofit sector. The marriage of information andunderstanding at its very best."
--Paul G. Schervish, director, Social Welfare Research Instituteand professor, Department of Sociology, Boston College

"Written by an outstanding scholar and leader in the nonprofitresearch field and rich with information, this masterful overviewof the voluntary, nonprofit sector in America successfully balancesaccuracy of presentation, comprehensiveness, and careful judgementswith a high degree of readability. This is one book that everyoneconcerned with American nonprofits and philanthropy should read tounderstand the nonprofit sector as a whole."
--David Horton Smith, founder, Association for Research onNonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

"The most comprehensive guidebook to America's magnificent butstill largely uncharted third, nonprofit, voluntary, independentsector, written by the person most qualified to guide us."
--Brian O'Connell, founding president, INDEPENDENT SECTOR

"Michael O'Neill has written a Baedeker for the nonprofit world.No traveler should leave home without having read it."
--Leslie Lenkowsky, professor, Center on Philanthropy, IndianaUniversity