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The Study of Nonprofit Enterprise

Theories and Approaches

Part of the book series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies (NCSS)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Theory of Nonprofit Organizations Revisited

      • Avner Ben-Ner, Benedetto Gui
      Pages 3-26
    3. The Economics of the Third Sector

      • Alberto Bacchiega, Carlo Borzaga
      Pages 27-48
  3. The Major Theories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Public Good Theories

      1. Public Good Theories of the Nonprofit Sector
        • Bruce R. Kingma
        Pages 53-65
      2. The Public Goods Theory Revisited
        • Al Slivinski
        Pages 67-74
    3. Trust-Related Theories

      1. Trust, Repute, and the Role of Nonprofit Enterprise
        • Andreas Ortmann, Mark Schlesinger
        Pages 77-114
      2. The Role of Trust in Nonprofit Enterprise
        • Henry Hansmann
        Pages 115-122
    4. Stakeholder Theories

      1. Stakeholder Theories of the Nonprofit Sector
        • Michael Krashinsky
        Pages 125-136
    5. Entrepreneurship Theories

      1. Entrepreneurship in Nonprofit Organizations
        • Christoph Badelt
        Pages 139-159
    6. Voluntary Failure and Institutional Theories

      1. Voluntary Failure Theory Correctly Viewed
        • Lester M. Salamon
        Pages 183-186
      2. State, Subject, Space
        • Jennifer Wolch
        Pages 187-201
    7. Organizational Theory and Behavior

      1. The Behavior of Organizations
        • Joseph Galaskiewicz, Wolfgang Bielefeld
        Pages 205-237
      2. Are Nonprofit Organizations Different?
        • Evelyn Brody
        Pages 239-244
  4. Comparisons and Implications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
    2. Dimensions of the Nonprofit Sector

      • Helmut K. Anheier
      Pages 247-276
    3. Economic Theories of Nonprofit Organizations

      • Richard Steinberg
      Pages 277-309

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Helmut K. Anheier

  • London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

    Helmut K. Anheier

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    Avner Ben-Ner

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Study of Nonprofit Enterprise

  • Book Subtitle: Theories and Approaches

  • Editors: Helmut K. Anheier, Avner Ben-Ner

  • Series Title: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0131-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47703-4Published: 31 July 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47855-0Published: 31 July 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0131-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2579

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 331

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Management, Political Science, Economics, general

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