Nature Of & Understanding Nonp

"["The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector" and "Understand Nonprofit Organizations"] work well together and are valuable resources that will help students, professionals, and scholars alike explore and understand the external and internal environments of nonprofit organizations. Overall, the volumes reach the editors' goals of presenting a story of the nonprofit sector that is readable and focuses on the central ideas that are important for students and professionals to grasp. These books are now part of my 'go-to' books as an instructor for macro-level social work courses and as a cofounder and community organizer working with various stakeholder on a new social service initiative." --"Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly"
"Overall, "The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector" reads easily, and its structure flows wisely through the major parts. The book raises very interesting issues about the changing nature of the nonprofit sector over different eras and across nations... Enlightening and very useful. I think that Ott and Dicke should be applauded for the outstanding efforts, which bridge the macro and micro levels of the nonprofit sector for the first time and consequentially enrich the intellectual understanding of the field." --"Public Administration Review"