The Ambiguous Embrace : : Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies / / Charles L. Glenn.

This is a time of far-reaching change and debate in American education and social policy, spurred in part by a rediscovery that civil-society institutions are often better than government at meeting human needs. As Charles Glenn shows in this book, faith-based schools and social agencies have been p...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2002]
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Year of Publication:2002
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
Series:New Forum Books ; 26
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. REACHING OUT TO CIVIL SOCIETY
  • 2. STRINGS WITHOUT MONEY
  • 3. HOW CLOSE AN EMBRACE?
  • 4. FUNDING WITH GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
  • 5. PROFESSIONAL NORMS
  • 6. EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS
  • 7. LOSS-AND RECOVERY-OF NERVE
  • 8. RECOMMENDATIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX