Research Catalog

Title

Building the third sector : Latin America's private research centers and nonprofit development / Daniel C. Levy.

Author

Levy, Daniel C.

Publication

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996.

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Description

xx, 348 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"A trailblazing account of the transformation of Latin American society and politics by nongovernmental organizations over the past quarter century. This examination of the nonprofit sector, and its interaction with the for-profit and public sectors, highlights the importance of private research centers (PRCs) within the nexus of higher education and nonprofit privatization policies. Author argues that PRCs perform many important tasks in the process of development, particularly in the areas of private finance, international philanthropy, market mechanisms, and nongovernmental policymaking. Well researched with a useful bibliography on the subject"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Series Statement

Pitt Latin American series

Uniform Title

Pitt Latin American series.

Subject

• Research institutes > Latin America
• Social sciences > Research > Latin America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-339) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Breakthroughs -- 2. Mapping the Center and Periphery -- 3. Growth: Public Failure and Beyond -- 4. Finances: Philanthropy, Diversification, and Control -- 5. Politics: The Two Faces of Pluralism -- 6. Combining Quality and Relevance -- 7. The Subordination of Scholarship -- 8. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0822939444 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0822956039 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95053045^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library