Partners in Public Service: Government-Nonprofit Relations in the Modern Welfare State

Winner of the Distinguished Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research Award from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action

Partners in Public Service brings together some of Lester Salamon's most important work on the changing relationship between government and the voluntary sector in the American version of the modern welfare state. Approaching issues from a variety of perspectives, Salamon covers topics such as the theoretical basis of government-nonprofit cooperation and recent efforts to cut federal spending.