Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities

Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities

by Stephen V. Monsma
ISBN-10:
0472113933
ISBN-13:
9780472113934
Pub. Date:
05/27/2004
Publisher:
University of Michigan Press
ISBN-10:
0472113933
ISBN-13:
9780472113934
Pub. Date:
05/27/2004
Publisher:
University of Michigan Press
Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities

Putting Faith in Partnerships: Welfare-to-Work in Four Cities

by Stephen V. Monsma
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Overview

Putting Faith in Partnerships addresses a major conceptual change in American domestic policy, begun by Reagan and now fully realized by the Bush administration: the shift of responsibility for social services from the federal government to states and communities.

In this groundbreaking study of a politically controversial topic—-the debut offering in Alan Wolfe's Contemporary Political and Social Issues series—-author Stephen Monsma avoids overheated rhetoric in favor of a careful, critical analysis of the hard evidence on whether public-private partnerships really work.

The book is based on in-depth studies of social service programs in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas. By examining public-private partnerships between government offices and nonprofit organizations, Monsma seeks to understand how these partnerships affect the balance between government's efforts to deal with social problems and the rights of individual citizens to control their own lives.

Putting Faith in Partnerships answers many previously unanswered questions in what may be the most controversial public policy debate today: about the feasibility and wisdom of government agencies forming partnerships with private organizations to provide essential public social services.

Stephen V. Monsma is Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. He has served as director of the Office of Quality Review in Michigan's Department of Social Services and is a widely recognized expert on the role of faith-based organizations in social service programs.




Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780472113934
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 05/27/2004
Series: Contemporary Political And Social Issues
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Stephen V. Monsma was Professor of Political Science at Pepperdine University. He served as director of the Office of Quality Review in Michigan's Department of Social Services and was a widely recognized expert on the role of faith-based organizations in social service programs.

Table of Contents

List of Tablesxvii
Acknowledgmentsxix
I.Public-Private Partnerships: Trends and Issues1
II.The Providers of Welfare-to-Work Services40
III.The Services Provided84
IV.The Government-Provider Relationship125
V.Public-Private Partnerships: Public Policy Issues172
Appendix A.The Questionnaire Survey215
Appendix B.Two Key Distinctions222
Appendix C.The Questionnaire227
Notes237
Bibliography259
Index265
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