Nonprofits and Advocacy : Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment.
Pekkanen, Robert J.
Nonprofits and Advocacy : Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (320 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Nonprofit Advocacy: Definitions and Concepts -- Part One: The Local and National Dimensions of Nonprofit Advocacy -- 1 The Group Basis of City Politics -- 2 Nonprofit Advocacy in Seattle and Washington, DC -- 3 Shaping the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Direct and Indirect Advocacy -- 4 Nonprofit Advocacy in the Nation's Capital -- 5 From Skid Row to the Statehouse: How Nonprofit Homeless Service Providers Overcome Barriers to Policy Advocacy Involvement -- Part Two: Organizational Politics, Strategy, and Tactics -- 6 Advocacy in Hard Times: Nonprofit Organizations and the Representation of Marginalized Groups in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 -- 7 Gender Identity and the Shifting Basis of Advocacy by US Women's Groups, 1920-2000 -- 8 The Political Voice of American Children: Nonprofit Advocacy and a Century of Representation for Child Well-Being -- 9 Analyzing the Practice of Nonprofit Advocacy: Comparing Two Human Service Networks -- 10 Effective Advocacy: Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders from Research and Practice -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
The research is relevant for policymakers involved in cross-sector public policy initiatives as they strive to provide more efficient public-private solutions to challenging governance issues.
9781421413501
Nonprofit organizations-United States.
Advocacy advertising-United States.
Policy sciences-United States.
Electronic books.
HD62.6 .N693 2014
361.7/630973
Nonprofits and Advocacy : Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (320 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Nonprofit Advocacy: Definitions and Concepts -- Part One: The Local and National Dimensions of Nonprofit Advocacy -- 1 The Group Basis of City Politics -- 2 Nonprofit Advocacy in Seattle and Washington, DC -- 3 Shaping the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Direct and Indirect Advocacy -- 4 Nonprofit Advocacy in the Nation's Capital -- 5 From Skid Row to the Statehouse: How Nonprofit Homeless Service Providers Overcome Barriers to Policy Advocacy Involvement -- Part Two: Organizational Politics, Strategy, and Tactics -- 6 Advocacy in Hard Times: Nonprofit Organizations and the Representation of Marginalized Groups in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 -- 7 Gender Identity and the Shifting Basis of Advocacy by US Women's Groups, 1920-2000 -- 8 The Political Voice of American Children: Nonprofit Advocacy and a Century of Representation for Child Well-Being -- 9 Analyzing the Practice of Nonprofit Advocacy: Comparing Two Human Service Networks -- 10 Effective Advocacy: Lessons for Nonprofit Leaders from Research and Practice -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
The research is relevant for policymakers involved in cross-sector public policy initiatives as they strive to provide more efficient public-private solutions to challenging governance issues.
9781421413501
Nonprofit organizations-United States.
Advocacy advertising-United States.
Policy sciences-United States.
Electronic books.
HD62.6 .N693 2014
361.7/630973