PAD 5120 - Nonprofits and Public Policy

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Examines the intersection of public policy and the nonprofit world and the ways in which each affects the other. Looks at current policy issues that relate to the nonprofit sector such as conversion of nonprofit to for-profit status, regulation of the nonprofit sector, issues of financial management, the roll of nonprofits to devolution and privatization of government services, tax exemptions, “Charitable choice,” donor control and governance, and the future of the sector. Also investigates the ways nonprofits have affected the policy process and public policies by exploring the factors that shape social movements, nonprofit advocacy, strategies of influence, and the role of nonprofits in social movements such as Civil Rights and the environment.