02510nam a2200373Ia 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095015001900112016001800131020001500149020001500164040002100179035002100200050002700221082001400248100002500262245013100287250001200418260004300430300002300473504006800496520114200564533015201706650002901858650003601887650002401923655002901947710001701976856012601993999001702119ebr10135482CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||040625s2005    nyua    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2004048838  aGBA5116412bnb7 z0131062982Uk  z1403978239  z1403968292  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)56046340214aHD2769.15b.B79 2005eb04a320.62221 aBryce, Herrington J.10aPlayers in the public policy processh[electronic resource] :bnonprofits as social capital and agents /cHerrington J. Bryce.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bPalgrave Macmillan,c2005.  axv, 271 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [237]-262) and indexes.1 a"This book systematically develops the perspective of nonprofits or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as social capital assets and agents of public policy within the principal-agent paradigm and across public purposes-foreign or domestic, religious or sectarian, in developed or developing countries. The perspective has universal applicability and allows us to go beyond assumptions of market or government failure. Morever, the perspective reflects the competitive situation in which nonprofits frequently find themselves when bidding against firms for government contracts." "The analysis identifies five factors that could offer nonprofits a clear, competitive advantage over firms and governments in certain contract bidding. The perspective yields a set of implications for the strategic positioning of nonprofits in the public policy arena, and yields a new functional classification that includes nonprofits (not merely as service providers), but as managers of significant social risks, as market and transaction regulators, and as centers of collective action along the full spectrum of public policy processes and issues."  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2009.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aNonprofit organizations. 0aNon-governmental organizations. 0aPolitical planning. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10135482zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c85099d85099