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ELIZABETH T. BORIS AND C. EUGENE STEUERLE, Nonprofits & Government: Collaboration & Conflict, Second Edition (Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute Press, 2006, pp. 453, $29.50).
In the United States, many fundamental changes have developed in the relationships between Nonprofits and Government Agencies since the first edition of Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict was published in 1999. These changes demand a revisit of the interrelationships, interactions, and conflicts between nonprofits and government organizations. The second edition of Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict rises to the occasion.
The book, through a collection of essays on the relationships of nonprofits and government agencies, carefully guides the reader through the maze of changes that have impacted these relationships. More importantly, the book describes how nonprofits and government agencies now interact with each other because of these changes. These changes and the new dynamics of nonprofit-government relationships, including the new paradigm with the international community, are well documented by Elizabeth T. Boris, C. Eugene Steuerle, and their collaborators in this...