PADP 7210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Presidency Of Ronald Reagan, Social Change

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Public Administration and Policy
• Course: PADP 7210
• Professor: Nesbit

Document Summary

Historical evolution of nonprofits: historical evolution, early america. Increased government spending & increased scope of spending: government more reliant on nonprofits, characterizing impulse(s) professionalism, 1930s 1970s. Padp 7210 intro to nonprofit: public perception, mixed opinion, growing concern about large revenues of private foundations, nonprofits & governance. Increased government spending (grants, contracts, vouchers: federal policies stimulated growth in number/importance of nonprofits, many programs administered by hybrid organizational forms, characterizing impulse(s) professionalism & civic activism, 1980s. Important events: contract for america (conservative attempt to dismantle government social programs, national programs to monitor nonprofits, birth of non-governmental organizations (ngos, boom of technology, nonprofits" main characteristics. Iii: impulses, from voluntarism & civic activism to professionalism & commercialism/managerialism. Nonprofits & government: no distinction between government & nonprofit at first then distinction clarified, growing partnership relationships, state & local governments playing greater roles. How can understanding the history of the nonprofit sector help nonprofit. Managers: crisis management, give big picture view of what"s going on.