Who Has the Power? The Role of NPOs in Local Authorities

Dorit Bar-Nir; John Gal

doi:10.1007/s11266-010-9144-6

Who Has the Power? The Role of NPOs in Local Authorities

Dorit Bar-Nir, John Gal

The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

Recent years have seen accelerated processes of decentralization and devolution of social services from central government toward local authorities and from them to non-profit organizations (NPOs). This article describes a case study of the process of transition of power from a local authority to a NPO and the outcomes of this transition on public policy making. The findings presented in the article are based on a qualitative analysis of documents over a period of 7 years (1999-2006) in a large local authority in Israel and its relations with a NPO which provide services for the elderly.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-25
Number of pages	25
Journal	Voluntas
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-010-9144-6
State	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

Israel
Local authority
Non-profit organization
Power

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Business and International Management
Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Strategy and Management

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