Building the Third Sector - Couverture souple

Levy, Daniel C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822956039 ISBN 13 : 9780822956037

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996

Synopsis

Winner of the 1997 ARNOVA Award for Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research

The private third sector has largely displaced public universities and bureaucracies as Latin America's leaders in social science and related policy activities. In many nations, these private research centers have become the main workplace for intellectuals. Mostly think tanks, they are influential political institutions, often making strong contribution to democratization.

The success of these research centers marks an unsurpassed triumph for international philanthropy, but it also raises questions about the proper role and structural home for research and advanced study. Levy shows how the centers' success often undermine a region's struggling universities while failing themselves to fulfill higher education's fundamental mission.

Levy deals broadly with regional developments, yet systematically identifies and analyzes the crucial subpatterns. He integrates impressive empirical data with conceptual perspectives on nonprofit organizations, comparative politics, and comparative education as well as Latin American studies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

 Daniel Levy is professor in the departments of Educational Administration and Political Studies, Latin American Studies, and Political Science at the State University of New York, albany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822956039
• ISBN 13: 9780822956037
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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• Personne responsable: non disponible