The Endangered Sector / / Waldemar A. Nielsen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Nielsen, Waldemar A.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 1979
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; I. The Dislocation of the American System --; 1. The Sector Nobody Knows --; 2. The Folklore of American Pluralism --; II. The Predicament of Key Subsectors --; 3. Higher Education: Duality, Dependency, and Decline --; 4. Pure Science and the Public --; 5. The Health System—Getting Better, Going Broke --; 6. Culture and the Arts --; 7. Social-Action Movements—The Twilight Zone of Politics --; III. Redressing the Balance --; 8. The New Politics of Pluralism --; 9. Proposals for Public Policy --; 10. Prospects and Possibilities --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231893633; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/niel93424
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Waldemar A. Nielsen.

Presents a study on the interrelationships between the nonprofit sector and the other major elements of the American pluralistic system. Specifically addresses five of the major nonprofit sectors: higher education, basic science, health, culture, and social action.