The Challenge os strengthening nonprofits and civicl society
By: SMITH, Steven Rathgeb
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, December 2008Public administration review : PAR 68, Special, p. S132-S145Abstract: The Winter Commission Report was centrally concerned with improving the performance of state and local governments. Since the issuance of the commission's report in 1993, the delivery of services by state and local government has been substantially changed by the growing role of nonprofit organizations in providing public services and representing citizen interests. As a result, state and local governments and nonprofit agencies are faced with complex governance challenges. The central argument of this paper is that despite the dramatic changes in the relationship between government and nonprofit organizations in recent years, the key tenets of the Winter Commission reportthe need for improved training and education, greater transparency and accountability, more emphasis on performance, and improved citizen engagementremain deeply relevant in improving the governance of the public services in an increasingly complex policy process and service delivery system at the state and local levels
The Winter Commission Report was centrally concerned with improving the performance of state and local governments. Since the issuance of the commission's report in 1993, the delivery of services by state and local government has been substantially changed by the growing role of nonprofit organizations in providing public services and representing citizen interests. As a result, state and local governments and nonprofit agencies are faced with complex governance challenges. The central argument of this paper is that despite the dramatic changes in the relationship between government and nonprofit organizations in recent years, the key tenets of the Winter Commission reportthe need for improved training and education, greater transparency and accountability, more emphasis on performance, and improved citizen engagementremain deeply relevant in improving the governance of the public services in an increasingly complex policy process and service delivery system at the state and local levels
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