In this new edition of the popular textbook, Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy, Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler have fully updated, revised, and expanded this comprehensive introduction to a growing field. The text takes on an international and comparative perspective, detailing the background and concepts and examining relevant theories and central issues.

Anheier and Toepler cover the full range of nonprofit organizations-service providers, membership organizations, foundations, community groups-in different fields, such as arts and culture, health and social services, and education. Introducing central terms such as philanthropy, charity, social entrepreneurship, social investment, and civil society, they explain how the field relates to public management and administration.

This textbook is systematic in its approach to theories, management, and policy. The first edition won the Best Book Award at the American Academy of Management in 2006, and this new edition will continue to match the growing demand for academic teaching. Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy is an ideal resource for students of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Helmut K. Anheier is Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School, Germany, and faculty member of the Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles.

Stefan Toepler is Professor of Nonprofit Studies at the Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, Virginia.

In this new edition of this popular textbook, Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy, Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler have fully updated, revised and expanded this comprehensive introduction to a growing field. The text takes on an international and comparative perspective, detailing the background and concepts and examining relevant theories and central issues.

Anheier and Toepler cover the full range of nonprofit organizations - service providers, membership organizations, foundations, community groups - in different fields, such as arts and culture, health and social services, and education. Introducing central terms such as philanthropy, charity, social entrepreneurship, social investment, and civil society, they explain how the field relates to public management and administration.

This textbook is systematic in its approach to theories, management, and policy. The first edition won the Best Book Award at the American Academy of Management in 2006, and this new edition will continue to match the growing demand for academic teaching. Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy is an ideal resource for students of both undergraduate and post-graduate courses.

Part I - Studying Nonproofit Organizations

1. Studying Nonprofit Organizations

2. Historical Background

3. Concepts

4. Dimensions

Part II - Approaches

5. Theories of Nonprofit Organizations

6. Approaches to Giving and Philanthropy

7. Studying Civic Engagement and Volunteering

8. Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

Part III - Organization and Management

9. Organizational Behavior and Performance

10. Management Approaches and Tools

11. Financing Nonprofit Organizations

12. Governance

13. Leadership and Human Resources

14. Marketing, Communication, and Social Media

15. Collaboration

Part IV - Policy and Current Developments

6. State-Nonprofit Relations

17. Advocacy and Lobbying

18. Longer-term Developments and Current Trends