The role of nonprofit human service organizations in providing social services: A prefatory essay

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Schmid, Hillel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contract failure theory; Disguised nonprofits; Entrepreneurship theory; Government failure theory; Nonprofit human service organizations; Shadow government; Third party government theory; Trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444250108     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v28n03_01     Document Type: Review

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