Nonprofit organizations, their governing structures, boards of
directors, and their newest constituency, members who represent the
public at large, are the subject of this book. In recent years, new
mechanisms have been developed to link citizens with government and
with diverse policy-making entities. Earlier, it was assumed that
citizens had little interest in policy deliberations, and
responsibility for public needs was best left to the experts. Many
citizens now believe that they have a legitimate right to infl
uence how power is exercised in public organizations.
Koff constructs a demographic profi le of public members, their
activities, and their opinions about board membership. She also
catalogues the perspectives of executive directors about public
members, identifi es specifi c problems related to public
participation, and suggests strategies to help resolve them.
How effectively these bodies perform, and how well they respond
to the public, are in part determined by the talents and activities
of their members. All of these members, especially public members,
need appropriate tools to be able to perform in a superior fashion.
Despite the importance of governing bodies to an organization's
performance, there has been little examination of board members in
general and specifi cally of public members. This is the first
book-length study on the subject.
Sondra Z. Koff is professor emerita of political science at the
State University of New York, Binghamton. She is the author of
numerous articles and books including "Italy: From the First to the
Second Republic, Nurse Educators and Politics," and "Health Systems
Agencies: A Comprehensive Examination of Planning and Process."
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