Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xv, 271 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. Annotation

Subject

1. Nonprofit organizations
2. Non-governmental organizations
3. Political planning
4. Organizations, Nonprofit
5. Organizations
6. nonprofit organizations
7. Non-governmental organizations
8. Nonprofit organizations
9. Political planning
10. Nichtstaatliche Organisation
11. Nonprofit-Organisation
12. Politik
13. Politischer Agent
14. Soziales Kapital
15. Öffentliche Leistung
16. Vrijwilligersorganisaties
17. Niet-gouvernementele organisaties
18. Engagement
19. Politieke beïnvloeding

Contents

1. pt. I. The need for a policy perspective of nonprofits. The significance of the principal-agent paradigm -- The policy significance of nonprofit organizations : beyond the limits of failure. pt. II. The nonprofits as social assets and agents of public policy -- Nonprofits as agents of public policy : a paradigm of principals and agents -- The choice of nonprofits as agents of public policy. pt. III. Agency powers, performance, and problems through the prism of the principal-agent paradigm. Housing and community development : a case study of an agency function -- The performance of agents : acute care hospitals and community benefits -- Policy formulation, nonprofit advocacy, and the principal-agent framework. pt. IV. Problems of regulating the nonprofit agent and the foreseeable challenges of management. Regulating the finances of the agent -- The nonprofit as a self-regulator -- The implications for strategic planning and positioning.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.