At a time when boundaries between the nonprofit, business, and public sectors have grown increasingly confused and contested, this volume by leading experts on nonprofit organizations offers new ideas and frameworks for understanding the terrain that lies between the state and the market

1: Nonprofits and Government: Rhetoric and Reality; 1: Government and Nonprofits in the Modern Age: Is Independence Possible?; 2: Social Welfare Organizations, Politics, and Regulation; 3: What Is the Political Role of Nonprofits in a Democracy?; 2: Nonprofits and Business: Blurred Boundaries; 4: Sector-Bending: Blurring the Lines Between Nonprofit and For-Profit; 5: Commercialism and the Mission of Nonprofits; 6: How Important Is a Nonprofit's Bottom Line? The Uses and Abuses of Financial Data; 3: Philanthropy and Volunteerism: New Practices; 7: Inside Venture Philanthropy; 8: Charity and Philanthropy After September 11th; 9: National Service in Theory and Practice; 4: Nonprofits, Religion, and Government: Opportunities and Challenges; 10: Understanding Religious Organizations: Implications and Concerns for Public Policy and Social Welfare Services; 11: Nonprofit and Faith-Based Welfare-to-Work Programs: Government's Partners or Government's Captives?; 12: Faith in Communities: A Solid Investment