Two Books on Mergers and Alliances in Nonprofits

Forging Nonprofit Alliances, by Jane Arsenault. San Francisco: Jossey‐Bass, 1998. 198 pp., $25.95 cloth. Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances: A Strategic Planning Guide, by Thomas A. McLaughlin. New York: Wiley Nonprofit Series, 1998. 288 pp., $49.95 cloth.     

Humanitarian Relief and Development Organizations’ Stakeholder Targeting Communication on Social Media and Beyond

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Nonprofit scholars have long considered stakeholder targeting communication (STC), an important mechanism of...     

Community Attachment,Communication Mediation,and Nonprofit Participation: An Integrated Community Communication Approach

VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations - Nonprofit participation in the form of giving and volunteering has long been viewed as the building blocks of...     

Defining the Nonprofit Sector Cross-Nationally

Defining the Nonprofit Sector: A Cross-National Analysis, by Lester M. Salamon and Helmut K. Anheier. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997. 526 pp., $29.95 paperback. The Nonprofit Sector in France, by Edith Archambault. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997. 324 pp., $27.95 paperback. The Nonprofit Sector in Italy, edited by Gian Paolo Barbetta. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997. 309 pp., $59.95. The Nonprofit Sector in Sweden, by Tommy Lundstrom and Filip Wijkstrom. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1997. 345 pp., $69.95.     

Improving nonprofit management: What's new?

The Nonprofit Organization: Essential Readings, edited by David L. Gies, J. Steven Ott, and Jay M. Shafritz. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole, 1990. 402 pp., $23.50 paper. A Nonprofit Organization Operating Manual: Planning for Survival and Growth, by Arnold J. Olenick and Philip Olenick. New York: Foundation Center, 1991. 484 pp., $29.95 paper. Executive Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: New Strategies for Shaping Executive-Board Dynamics, by Robert D. Herman and Richard D. Heimovics. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991. 173 pp., $22.95 cloth. Quality Management in the Nonprofit World: Combining Compassion and Performance to Meet Client Needs and Improve Finances, by Larry W. Kennedy. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991. 194 pp., $22.95 cloth.     

Popular Nonprofit Management Research Sources on CD-ROM

Nonprofit World 1983–1996. Madison, Wis.: Learning Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, 1997. $50 CD-ROM. FC Search: The Foundation Center's Database on CD-ROM, Version 2.0. New York: Foundation Center, 1997. $1,995 CD-ROM personal version.     

On a career in nonprofit management

Careers for Dreamers and Doers: A Guide to Management Careers in the Nonprofit Sector, edited by Lilly Cohen and Dennis R. Young. New York: Foundation Center, 1989, $24.95 paper. Doing Well by Doing Good: The First Complete Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector, by Terry W. McAdam. New York: Penguin Books, 1988. $6.95 paper.     

Charting unexplored territory: Nonprofit funding relations and the nonprofit-market relationship

Understanding Nonprofit Funding: Managing Revenues in Social Services and Community Development Organizations, by Kirsten A. Grønbjerg. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. 397 pp., $41.95 cloth. Nonprofit Organizations in a Market Economy: Understanding New Roles, Issues, and Trends, edited by David C. Hammack and Dennis R. Young. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. 479 pp., $43.95 cloth.     

Four Books on Nonprofit Boards and Governance

Governing Boards, by Cyril O. Houle. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, 1997. 223 pp., $21.95 paper. Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations, by John Carver. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997, 241 pp., $28.95 cloth. Perfect Nonprofit Boards: Myths, Paradoxes, and Paradigms, by Stephen R. Block. Needham Heights, Mass.: Simon & Schuster, 1998, 149 pp., $21.95 paper. Nonprofit Boards: Roles, Responsibilities, and Performance, by Diane J. Duca. New York: Wiley, 1996, 192 pp., $29.95 cloth.     

Book Review: Funding Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion,Marina Ottaway and Thomas Carothers (eds.), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,Washington, DC, 2000

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Book Review: The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment,by Susan M. Hartmann. Yale University Press,New Haven,CT, 1998

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Book Review: From Neighborhood to Nation: The Democratic Foundations of Civil Society,by Ken Thomson. Tufts University Press,Hanover, 2001

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Book Review: Civil Society: Old Images,New Visions,by John Keane. Stanford University Press,Stanford, 1998

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Book Review: NGOs and Civil Society: Democracy by Proxy?, Ann C. Hudock,Polity Press,Cambridge, 1999

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Book Review: Strategic Management for Voluntary Nonprofit Organizations,by Roger Courtney. Routledge,New York, 2002

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Book Review: Stakeholders in Rural Development: Critical Collaboration in State–NGO Partnerships,by John M. Riley. Sage,New Delhi, 2002

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Book Review: People Power? The Role of the Voluntary and Community Sector in the Northern Ireland Conflict,by Feargal Cochrane and Seamus Dunn. Cork University Press,Cork, 2002

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Book Review: Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life,by Paul Dekker and Eric M. Uslaner (eds.). Routledge,London, 2001

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Book Review: Community and Civil Society,by Ferdinand Tonnies. Cambridge University Press,Cambridge, 2001

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Book Review: Bob Edwards,Michael Foley,and Mario Diani (eds.), Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective,Tufts University,University Press of New England,Hanover, New Hampshire, 2001, 325 pp., $25.00 (paperback)

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