Dimensions of Interdependence: The State and Voluntary-Sector Relationship
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- other
- Published by SAGE Publications in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
- Vol. 18 (4) , 335-347
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089976408901800405
Abstract
The relationship between state government, executive branch agen cies, and nonprofit organizations with government contracts is best understood as one of dynamic interdependence. There are at least three overlapping dimensions of interdependence: (1) resource exchange, (2) political, and (3) administrative. Data collected from state agencies and nonprofits and the literature of bureaucratic poli tics and organization theory, especially that on power dependence and resource dependence, make important contributions to this theo retical framework.Keywords
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