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Players in the public policy process : nonprofits as social capital and agents

Title: Players in the public policy process : nonprofits as social capital and agents / Herrington J. Bryce.
Author: Bryce, Herrington J.
Publication: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

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xv, 271 pages; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

1403968292
9781403968296

LCCN

2004048838

OCLC

ocm55801169
55801169
SCSB-1359480

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Princeton University Library