Digital Reading Room 2.0 -- GOVN 380/HSRV 363: Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Governance (Rev. C3/C2)

GOVN 380/HSRV 363: Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Governance (Rev. C3/C2) Report a Broken Link

Textbook

Frumkin, Peter. 2002. On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Required Readings

Unit 1

A Short History of Voluntary Sector-Government Relations in Canada.

Elson, Peter. 2007.The Philanthropist/Le Philanthrope 21, no. 1: 36-74.

Global civil society: An overview.

Salamon, Lester M., S. Wojciech Sokolowski, and Regina List. 2003. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University.

On the Concept of Voluntary Association.

Brown, Kevin M., Susan Kenny, Bryan S. Turner, with John K. Prince. 2000. In Rhetorics of welfare: Uncertainty, choice and voluntary associations, 50-66. London: Macmillan Press. Ebook.

Unit 2

Frumkin, Peter. 2002. The Idea of a Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector. In On Being Non-profit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer, 1-28. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Print.

Alternative Models of Government-Nonprofit Sector Relations: Theoretical and International Perspectives.

Young, Dennis R. 2000. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 29, no. 1: 149-72. doi:10.1177/0899764000291009

Introducing global civil society

Unit 4

Frumkin, Peter. “Service Delivery.” In On being non-profit: A conceptual and policy primer, 71-95. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Print.

The Role of the Voluntary Sector in a Modern Welfare State.

Brooks, Neil. 2001. In Between State and Market: Essays on Charities Law and Policy in Canada, edited by Jim Phillips, Bruce Chapman, and David Stevens, 178-216.Montreal; Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. e-book.

Dilemmas of Management in Nonprofit Organizations

Smith, Steven Rathgeb, and Michael Lipsky. 2001. In Understanding Nonprofit Organizations: Governance, Leadership, and Management, edited by J. Steven Ott. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Examining Means to Build Financial Sustainable Capacity in Canada’s Voluntary Sector

Graham, Andrew. 2009. In The New Federal Policy Agenda and the Voluntary Sector: On the Cutting Edge, edited by R. Laforest. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Unit 3

Frumkin, Peter. 2002. “Civic and Political Engagement.” In On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer, 29-51. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Print.

Tuning In, Tuning Out: The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America

Putnam, Robert D. 1995, PS: Political Science and Politics 28, no. 4: 664-83.

An Interview with Theda Skocpol

Geddes, Jennifer. 2008. The Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture 10 no. 3: 54.

The Benefits of Facebook "Friends": Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites

Ellison, Nicole, Charles Steinfield, and Cliff Lampe. 2007. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12, no. 4, article 1.

Unit 5

Frumkin, Peter. 2002. “Civic and Political Engagement” In On Being Non-profit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer, 52-63. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Print.

Winning a New Priority for Disabled Children: The Every Disabled Matters Campaign

Broach, Steve, Ben Coleman ,and Louise Franklin. 2009. Journal of Public Affairs 9, no. 3: 169-174. doi:10.1002/pa.324

The Law Governing Advocacy by Charitable Organizations: The Case for Change

Bridge, Richard. 2002. The Philanthropist 17, no. 2: 2-33.

The Politics of Naming, Blaming and Claiming: HIV, Hepatitis C and the Emergence of Blood Activism in Canada

Orsini, Michael. 200. Canadian Journal of Political Science 35, no. 3: 475-98

Unit 6

Regulating Virtue: A Purposive Approach to the Administration of Charities

Sossin, Lorne. 2001. In Between State and Market: Essays on Charities Law and Policy in Canada, edited by Jim Phillips, Bruce, Chapman, and David Stevens, 373-406. Montreal; Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. e-book.

The Nonprofit Board: Creating a Culture of Performance (PDF)

Letts, Christine W., William P. Ryan, and Allen Grossman. 1999. In High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact, 131-43. New York: John-Wiley and Sons.

The New Work of the Nonprofit Board

Taylor, Barbara E., Richard P. Chait, and Thomas P. Holland. 1996. Harvard Business Review September-October: 36-46.

Civil Society and Accountability

Kaldor, Mary. 2003. In Journal of Human Development 4, no.1:5-27.;

Unit 7

Frumkin, Peter. 2002. “Social Entrepreneurship.” In On Being Nonprofit: A Conceptual and Policy Primer, 129-62. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Print.

From Shopping to Social Innovation: Getting Public Financing Right in Canada

Phillips, Susan, Rachel Laforest, and Andrew Graham. 2010. Policy & Society 29, no. 3: 187-99. doi: 10.1016/j.polsoc.2010.06.001

Financial Capacity and Sources of Funding

Scott, Katherine. 2003. In Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada’s New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development.

How Funding Trends Are Affecting Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations

Scott, Katherine. 2003. In Funding Matters: The Impact of Canada’s New Funding Regime on Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations. Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social Development.

The Ethics of Charitable Gambling: A Survey

Azmier, Jason J., and Robert Roach. 2000. Calgary: Canada West Foundation.

Philanthrocapitalism and Its Limits

Edwards, Michael. 2008. International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law 10, no. 2: 22-30.

Unit 8

The Resilient Sector: The State of Nonprofit America

Salamon, Lester M. 2002. In The State of Nonprofit America, edited by Lester M. Salamon. Washington DC: Brookings Institute Press.

Trends in the Environmental Context of the Voluntary Sector

Murray, Vic. 2001. Presented at the Manitoba Voluntary Sector Initiative, June 27. Winnipeg, MB.

Do Social Media Render Civil Society 'Membership' Obsolete?

Echenberg, Havi. 2011. The Philanthropist 23, no. 4: 529-33.