Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : An overview of emerging roles of nonprofits in urban America / Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore and Richard C. Hula
  • Nonprofit organizations in urban politics and policy / Steven Rathgeb Smith
  • The quality of mercy : the capacity of the nonprofit emergency food system in Detroit / Peter Eisinger
  • Nonprofit human service providers in an era of privatization : organizational adaptation to changing environments in three policy arenas / Joseph Cordes, Jeffrey R. Henig, and Eric C. Twombly
  • Rethinking the partnership model of government-nonprofit relations : the case of community development / Todd Swanstrom and Julia Koschinsky
  • The role of institutions in community building : the case of West Mt. Airy, Philadelphia / Barbara Ferman and Patrick Kaylor
  • Nonprofit organizations, minority political incorporation, and local governance / Richard C. Hula and Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore
  • Baltimoreans united in leadership development : exploring the role of governing nonprofits / Marion Orr
  • Black church-affiliated community development corporations and the coproduction of affordable housing in New York City / Michael Leo Owens
  • Governance tasks and nonprofit organizations / Susan E. Clarke.