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Organizational Survival in an Environment of Austerity

Abstract

In the turbulent and competitive environment of contemporary social service, government may seek to transfer important program functions to nonprofit organizations. Subjected to management control mechanisms, such as caps, and expectations of self-sufficiency, nonprofits often seek to establish an institutional entitlement for continuing support. Aspects of the complex relationship between government and nonprofits are explored in a case study of New York state's.

Journal

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

(September 1989)
vol18 no3 pages211-221

Categories

  1. Nonprofit Organizations (Theory)  
  2. Organizational Environment