Role Of Nonprofit Organizations Research Articles

Informing environmental decision making: environmental impact assessment in Russia and the United States

This paper examines the roles of nonprofit organizations as public participants in the environmental impact assessment process in the United States and Russia. Field data collection was carried out in fall 1999 in the U.S. and in winter 2000 in Russia. It was demonstrated that the U.S. citizens have a much greater access to participatory process than do Russians. However, Impact Assessment in both countries is advisory. In neither country do citizens have the right to participate in actual decision making.

Voluntary Organizations and Advocacy: The Case of Housing for Older Americans

This article provides a brief overview of nonprofit organizations and advocacy that outlines the multiple forms that advocacy might take and introduces a conceptual frame work for understanding better the discursive attributes of advocacy. Housing opportunities for older people in the United States are then reviewed, focusing in particular on the role of nonprofit organizations. This brief historical review provides the context for a consideration of the ways in which nonprofits have advocated on behalf of elderly people, in debates about housing, looking in particular at representations made at the Select Committeeon Aging. Conclusions address matters relating to both housing in particular and the role of nonprofits in a more general view.

Economic Institutions, Markets and Competition: Centralization and Decentralization in the Transformation of Economic Systems

The state and the firm - the centralization and decentralization of economic institutions - an introduction, Bruno Dallago and Luigi Mittone. Part 1 Institutions and markets: Creative Destruction in economic and political institutions, Massmio Egidi decentralization as the ability to adapt, Jack Birner what type of capitalism is produced by privatization?, Hans-Jurgen Wagener the market for institutions versus the strong hand of the state - the case of Eastern Europe, Svetozar Pejovich. Part 2 Centralization and decentralization, paradigms and facts: a presentation of fiscal federalism, Giorgio Brosio fiscal federalism in Russia, Pekka Sutela privatization, decentralization, competition - some lessons from a concentration analysis of Hungarian industries, Zoltan Bara labour market and employment policy in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of systematic change, Jeno Koltay. Part 3 Creation and development of markets in Eastern Europe: behavioural constraints and the creation of markets in post-Socialist economies, Wim Swaan decentralization and centralization in the enterprise sphere of the Czech Republic, Jana Sereghyova the collapse of the Russian economy - an institutional explanation, Ruud Knaack the revival of redistribution in Hungary, Eva Voszka inter-enterprise arrears in economies in transition - analytical, empirical and policy issues, Fabrizio Coricelli. Part 4 The quasi-market formula: the privatization of welfare services and the role of non-profit organization, Carlo Borzaga quasi-markets and incomplete information - the case of medical services in the UK and Italy, Luigi Mittone privatization, non-profit trusts and contracts for healthcare services in the UK, Will Bartlett.

Comment on Langley C. Keyes et al.’s “Networks and nonprofits: Opportunities and challenges in an era of federal devolution”

Abstract The Keyes et al. article is an important contribution to the discussion of the future role of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in the delivery of low‐income housing. This article does a good job of examining networks and linking the NPO discussion to the concept of social capital. Also, the case studies provide informative empirical evidence. However, Keyes et al. has several weaknesses in the argument for NPOs. The lack of a careful explanation of the case for market failure is the primary weakness. The argument can also be strengthened by expounding on the problems of investing in low‐quality housing. Other potential weaknesses include the difficulty of identifying stakeholders and the likely leakage of subsidies to NPO employees. My comments echo the authors’ call for additional research about NPOs. More data and investigation are needed to determine the proper role of NPOs, whether they should serve a political purpose, how the services of NPO networks should be priced, and how efficient NPOs a...

Some Characteristics of Religious Institutions in the Role of Non Profit Organizations

Some Characteristics of Religious Institutions in the Role of Non Profit Organizations

Some characteristics of religious institutions in the role of non profit organizations

Some characteristics of religious institutions in the role of non profit organizations

How nonprofit human service organizations manage their funding sources: key findings and policy implications.

Major findings and policy implications on how nonprofit social service organizations manage their funding relations are summarized. Data from in-depth case studies of six medium-sized social service organizations with distinctive funding profiles yielded findings on the major contingencies associated with controlling fees, the volatility of donations, and the driving force of public funding relationships for funders (public and private), nonprofit managers, and the role of nonprofit organizations.

The possible role of the non-profit sector in Hungary

A common feature of most non-profit theories is their concentration on the service-providing role of non-profit organisations, and the neglect of their redistributional role. At the cost of some simplification, there are two possible public policy responses to social inequalities: (1) the welfare state model with welfare redistribution under government control; and (2) the non-profit-based model — a large network of private organisations heavily supported by the government and complemented by government delivery of services.

Mandating Employer Coverage of Mental Health Care

Prologue: Roughly three-quarters of the estimated thirty-one million people who are uninsured in the United States work or are the dependents of employed persons. Given this and the fact that 64 percent of Americans currently receive their health insurance through their employer, the notion of requiring employers to provide insurance has become attractive to many policymakers. As legislators at the state and federal levels debate the benefits and problems of such a plan, one important aspect that bears discussing is the inclusion of mental health services. Here, economists Richard Frank and Thomas McGuire ask whether mental health care should be part of a broader health insurance mandate and look at the impact of such a requirement on the benefits and cost of coverage. Frank, who earned his doctorate in economics from Boston University, is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health; a research associate at the National Bureau for Economic Research; and assistant director of the Johns Hopkins University-University of Maryland Center on Organization and Financing of Care for the Severely Mentally Ill. He also serves as a commissioner of the Maryland hospital rate-setting commission and is currently researching the public financing of mental health and the role of nonprofit organizations in funding care for the indigent. McGuire is a professor in the Department of Economics at Boston University. He received his doctorate in economics from Yale University. McGuire recently received a Research Scientist Award from the National Institute of Mental Health. His current research efforts include designing a model mental health benefits package and setting physician payment rates in psychiatry for a relative value scale.