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Government and the Voluntary Sector in an Era of Retrenchment: The American Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Lester M. Salmon
Lester M. Salmon
Affiliation:
Public Policy, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
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Abstract

Prevailing conceptions of the welfare state in the United States have failed to acknowledge the widespread partnership that exists between government and private voluntary organizations in the provision of human services. Thanks in large part to this partnership, voluntary organizations have retained a significant role in the American welfare state, delivering a larger share of government-financed human services than government agencies. By cutting back on government spending, therefore, the Reagan administration has significantly reduced the revenues of the nonprofit sector while calling on this sector to do more. Although nonprofits as a group have overcome the resulting cutbacks, they have done so chiefly by increasing their income from service charges, rather than their private charitable support.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 1 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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