Policy Studies Review articles

Recent articles from Policy Studies Review

Build: Governing Nonprofits and Relational Power
December 22, 2001... Nonprofits have played varied roles in urban America. Perhaps best known is the service delivery function. For years, nonprofits and local governments have entered into contracts to provide housing, medical care, job training, and an array of other services. Students of urban affairs have...

Building the Spatial Community: A Case Study of Neighborhood Institutions
December 22, 2001... The 1995 publication of Robert Putnam's, "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital" continues a long obsession among scholars with the loss of community. Early 20th century sociologists in Chicago detailed how the urban environment eroded the fabric of kinship ties that formed the...

Nonprofit Organizations as Political Actors: Avenues for Minority Political Incorporation (1)
December 22, 2001... Contemporary urban politics in the United States provides a fascinating paradox. One can point to the dramatic electoral success of minority politicians, particularly African-American politicians in the nation's cities. Certainly the changing electoral fortunes of minority leaders and the...

Nonprofit Organizations in Urban Politics and Policy
December 22, 2001... Nonprofit organizations are central to the current debate on the future of American urban policy and politics. Nonprofits are regarded by a broad range of citizens and policymakers as critical to fostering citizen participation, grass-roots democracy, more responsive, effective urban governance...

Emerging Roles of Nonprofit Organizations: An Introduction
December 22, 2001... Nonprofit organizations and voluntary associations have a long and varied history in American society. Their leadership roles in service delivery, policy advocacy, and social movements have been well documented both by scholars and insightful popular observers. We would argue, however, that an...