"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.
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