The nature of the nonprofit sector

Pt. 1. Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector

The State of the Independent Sector / Virginia Ann Hodgkinson and Murray S. Weitzman

2. Scope and Structure: The Anatomy of America's Nonprofit Sector / Lester M. Salamon

3. Voluntary Sector / Jacquelyn Thayer Scott

Pt. 2. Nonprofit Sector's Distinctive Values and Contributions to Society

4. Voluntarism / Jeffrey L. Brudney

5. Gospel of Wealth / Andrew Carnegie

6. Filer Commission Report - Giving in America: Toward a Stronger Voluntary Sector / John H. Filer

7. Impact of the Voluntary Sector on Society / David Horton Smith

Pt. 3. Historical Evolution of the Nonprofit Sector

8. History of the Discipline / Stephen R. Block

9. Inventing the Nonprofit Sector: 1950-1990 / Peter Dobkin Hall

10. Brief History of Tax Policy Changes Affecting Charitable Organizations / Gary N. Scrivner

Pt. 4. Rationale for Tax Exemption

11. Tax-Exempt Organization / Christopher Hoyt

12. Nonprofit Organization / Stephen R. Block

Pt. 5. Overview Theories of the Nonprofit Sector

13. What Is the Nonprofit Sector and Why Do We Have It? / Lester M. Salamon

14. New Approach: The Theory of the Commons / Roger A. Lohmann

Pt. 6. Economic and Political Theories of the Nonprofit Sector

15. Government Failure Theory / Dennis R. Young

16. Contract Failure Theory / Dennis R. Young

17. And Lettuce Is Nonanimal: Toward a Positive Economics of Voluntary Action / Roger A. Lohmann

18. Political Theories of Nonprofit Organization / James Douglas

19. Markets, Politics, and Charity: Nonprofits in the Political Economy / Kirsten A. Gronbjerg

Pt. 7. Social and Community Theories of the Nonprofit Sector

20. To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy / Peter L. Berger and Richard John Neuhaus

21. Nonprofit Organizations and Community / Steven Rathgeb Smith and Michael Lipsky

22. On the Edge or In Between: Niche Position, Niche Overlap, and the Duration of Voluntary Association Memberships / Pamela A. Popielarz and J. Miller McPherson

Pt. 8. Organization Theories of the Nonprofit Sector

23. Sociology of Nonprofit Organizations and Sectors / Paul J. DiMaggio and Helmut K. Anheier

24. Perspectives on Organizational Governance: Some Effects on Government-Nonprofit Relations / J. Steven Ott

25. Nonprofit Organizations in an Age of Uncertainty / Joseph Galaskiewicz and Wolfgang Bielefeld

Pt. 9. Giving Theories of the Nonprofit Sector

26. What Is Altruism? / Alan Wolfe

27. Why Donors Give / Joan Mount

28. Founding Fathers of Modern Philanthropy / Milton Goldin

29. Call of Service: Satisfactions / Robert Coles

Pt. 10. Blending and Blurring of the Sectors

30. Third Party Government / Dennis R. Young

31. Voluntary Agencies and the Contract Culture: "Dream or Nightmare"? / Ralph M. Kramer

32. Resource Interdependence: The Relationship Between State Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations / Judith R. Saidel

33. Double-Edged Sword of Social Service Contracting: Public Accountability Versus Nonprofit Autonomy / James M. Ferris

34. Future of the Nonprofit Sector: Its Entwining with Private Enterprise and Government / Burton A. Weisbrod

Pt. 11. Challenges Facing the Nonprofit Sector

35. Nonprofits at the Brink: Lean Budgets, Growing Needs, and the Fate of Nonprofits / Patrick J. McCormack

36. Current Crisis / Lester M. Salamon.