The State of Nonprofit America

by Lester M. Salamon

Book Overview

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Today, America's nonprofit organizations seem caught in a force field, buffeted by four impulses--voluntarism, professionalism, civic activism, and commercialism. Too little attention, however, has been paid to the significant tensions among these impulses. Understanding this force field and the factors shaping its dynamics thus becomes central to understanding the future of particular organizations and of the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815703309
• ISBN13: 9780815703303
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 722 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"