Politics and Partnerships

The Role of Voluntary Associations in America's Political Past and Present

Elisabeth S Clemens author Doug Guthrie editor Elisabeth S Clemens editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:15th Feb '11

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Politics and Partnerships cover

Exhorting people to volunteer is part of the everyday vocabulary of American politics. Routinely, members of both major parties call for partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations. These entreaties increase dramatically during times of crisis, and the voluntary efforts of ordinary citizens are now seen as a necessary supplement to government intervention. But despite the ubiquity of the idea of volunteerism in public policy debates, analysis of its role in American governance has been fragmented. Bringing together a diverse set of disciplinary approaches, "Politics and Partnerships" is a thorough examination of the place of voluntary associations in political history and an astute investigation into contemporary experiments in reshaping that role. The essays here reveal the key role nonprofits have played in the evolution of both the workplace and welfare and illuminate the way the government's retreat from welfare has radically altered the relationship between nonprofits and corporations.

"This is a fantastic collection of essays - one of the few edited volumes I have seen where the whole is much greater than the sum of the individual parts. One of the book's strengths is its interdisciplinary nature: the editors have assembled a unique set of perspectives, approaches, and studies at different historical periods." - Christopher Marquis, Harvard Business School"

ISBN: 9780226109978

Dimensions: 23mm x 17mm x 2mm

Weight: 482g

352 pages