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A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts David Horton Smith

A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts By David Horton Smith

A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts by David Horton Smith


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Defines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure, and political activities of nonprofits.

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A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts Summary

A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts by David Horton Smith

This reference work defines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in past research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure, and political activities of nonprofits. They also reflect a concern for the wider range of useful general concepts in theory and research that bear on the nonprofit sector and its manifestations in the United States and elsewhere. This dictionary supplies some of the necessary foundational work on the road toward a general theory of the nonprofit sector.

A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts Reviews

More than 60 pages of bibliography provide an excellent resource for anyone wishing to review the key literature in the field.

* Philanthropy UK *

. . . offers over 1,200 entries that review prior theoretical and research aspects of nonprofits. It highlights the multidisciplinary facets of the field with a review of the basic terminology of philanthropy, politics, and volunteerism. The goal is to have these entries eventually become the benchmark for researchers, along with novice readers, while reaching a global audience. Entries are listed in alphabetical order, and most are cross-referenced to a generous 60-page bibliography. Academics and researchers can benefit from the clustering of these entries into 10 conceptual areas of the nonprofit sector, which include the topics of law, religion, and association management. . . . Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, faculty/researchers, and practitioners of nonprofit management.

* Choice *

This book will be useful for major business administration programs and associations that work with nonprofits.

-- Judith J. Field * American Reference Books Annual *

The collection of terms and concepts for which definitions are offered here is wide-ranging, and the great majority of them are of real significance for those with broad interests in the nonprofit sector and the organizations related to it. The definitions are cogent, clear . . . I would say this volume has substantial utility as a reference tool.September 2008

-- Thomas Jeavons * Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly *

[A] useful book to have on the bookshelf whether nonprofit manager, consultant, or government official.2010, Volume 21

* VOLUNTAS :Intnl Jrnl Voluntary & Non-profit Organizations *

About David Horton Smith

David Horton Smith is founder of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and its journal.

Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC, is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.

Michael A. Dover is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Central Michigan University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Lexicographic Note
Introduction: Defining Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector Terms and Concepts
Dictionary of Terms and Concepts
Bibliography

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CIN0253347831G
9780253347831
0253347831
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts by David Horton Smith
Used - Good
Hardback
Indiana University Press
2006-11-08
360
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