The Endangered Sector / / 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.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1979] ©1979 |
| Year of Publication: | 1979 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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