THE UNRAVELLING OF THE NONPROFIT SERVICE SECTOR IN THE U.S.

Abstract

In the mid 1980s, amidst a massive restructuring of U.S. capital and a retrenchment of the welfare state, little attention has been paid to the ill‐defined “nonprofit” or “voluntary” service sector in the American economy. The Filer Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs characterised it in 1975 in the following way:

Citation

Estes, C.L. and Bergthold, L.A. (1989), "THE UNRAVELLING OF THE NONPROFIT SERVICE SECTOR IN THE U.S.", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 9 No. 2/3, pp. 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013068