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

by Herrington J. Bryce

Book Overview

This book focuses on the nonprofit organization as a social capital asset and agent in all phases of the public policy process--from influencing political parties, platforms, and choice of candidates to the formulation and implementation of public policy including the facilitation of transactions. This book demonstrates the universal utility of the principal-agent paradigm for analyzing nonprofits in foreign or domestic policy, sectarian or faith-based,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403968292
• ISBN13: 9781403968296
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"