Citizen Participation in Non-profit Governance

Name: Citizen Participation in Non-profit Governance
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Citizen Participation in Non-profit GovernanceAuthor(s): Sondra Z. Koff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138508163, 978-1138508163\nSynopsis\nNonprofit 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.\n\nKoff 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, iden.