Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting

by Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674626397
• ISBN13: 9780674626393
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"