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THE NONPROFIT SECTOR: A Research Handbook

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 nonprofit organiz ations / business

“The nonprofit form has spread around the world as a unique alternative to markets
and governments. This third edition of The Nonprofit Sector provides great insight
into this phenomenon and is as exciting and informative as the previous two. With
fresh faces and insights, it is a real joy to read.”
—Joseph Galaskiewicz, University of Arizona
The
NONPROFIT
“Now in its third edition, The Nonprofit Sector continues to build the field of
nonprofit studies by exploring the full range of organizations, associations, actions,
and interactions that constitute the voluntary sector in the United States and globally.
Featuring a broad and multidisciplinary range of scholars, this work provokes us to

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reexamine the history and envision the future of nonprofit scholarship and practice.
The Nonprofit Sector generates a rich research agenda that will stimulate novel and
innovative scholarship for years to come.”
—Mary Kay Gugerty, University of Washington
The

T h e nonprof i t sector has changed in fundamental ways in recent decades. As the

sector has grown in scope and size, both domestically and internationally, the boundar-
ies between for-profit, governmental, and charitable organizations have become intertwined.
NONPROFIT
SECTOR
Nonprofits are increasingly challenged on their roles in mitigating or exacerbating inequality. A Research Handbook
And debates flare over the role of voluntary organizations in democratic and autocratic soci-

a research handbook
eties alike. The Nonprofit Sector takes up these concerns and offers a cutting-edge empirical
and theoretical assessment of the state of the field.
third
This book, now in its third edition, brings together leading researchers—economists, ed ition
historians, philosophers, political scientists, and sociologists, along with scholars from com-
munication, education, law, management, and policy schools—to investigate the impact of
associational life. Chapters consider the history of the nonprofit sector and of philanthropy;
the politics of the public sphere; governance, mission, and engagement; access and inclusion;
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and global perspectives on nonprofit organizations. Across this comprehensive range of top-
ics, The Nonprofit Sector makes an essential contribution to the study of civil society.
and
B RO M L E Y
Third Edition
Stanford WA LT E R W. P OW E L L is Jacks Family Professor
of Education, and Professor of Sociology, Organizational
University Behavior, Management Science and Engineering, and
Press Communication, and co-director of the Center on
www.sup.org Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University. Edited by
PAT R I C I A B RO M L E Y is Assistant Professor
of Education and, by courtesy, Sociology at Stanford
WA LT E R W. P OW E L L and
University, and co-author of Hyper-Organization:
Global Organizational Expansion, with PAT R I C I A B RO M L E Y
John W. Meyer.
ISBN 978-1-5036-0804-7

cover design: rob ehle Stanford

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