Claire Dunning
Biographic Data
| ID | 6111534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Dunning |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunning |
| SIGNATURE | DUNNING C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1723-3092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“A grown-up thing to fund”
Philanthropy’s invention of the ‘underclass’
Nonprofit Neighborhoods
Outsourcing Government
Through a study of Boston and federal social policy, this dissertation analyzes the rise of public-private partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations in the United States over the second half of the twentieth century. A mixture of community mobilization and an elite knowledge economy positioned Boston at the forefront of a growing nonprofit sector that repeatedly captured the attention of funders in government and philanthropy. A…
New Careers for the Poor
In the 1960s, a new and popular theory of “new careers” proposed to address urban poverty and deindustrialization by growing the human services sector and hiring so-called nonprofessional workers to aid the delivery of those services. This strategy gained traction in social scientific, philanthropic, and bureaucratic circles and shaped Great Society legislation, which allocated federal grants to create entry-level jobs and professionalizing caree…
Outsourcing Government
Through a study of Boston and federal social policy, this dissertation analyzes the rise of public-private partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations in the United States over the second half of the twentieth century. A mixture of community mobilization and an elite knowledge economy positioned Boston at the forefront of a growing nonprofit sector that repeatedly captured the attention of funders in government and philanthropy. A…
New Careers for the Poor
In the 1960s, a new and popular theory of “new careers” proposed to address urban poverty and deindustrialization by growing the human services sector and hiring so-called nonprofessional workers to aid the delivery of those services. This strategy gained traction in social scientific, philanthropic, and bureaucratic circles and shaped Great Society legislation, which allocated federal grants to create entry-level jobs and professionalizing caree…
Outsourcing Government
Through a study of Boston and federal social policy, this dissertation analyzes the rise of public-private partnerships between government and nonprofit organizations in the United States over the second half of the twentieth century. A mixture of community mobilization and an elite knowledge economy positioned Boston at the forefront of a growing nonprofit sector that repeatedly captured the attention of funders in government and philanthropy. A…
New Careers for the Poor
In the 1960s, a new and popular theory of “new careers” proposed to address urban poverty and deindustrialization by growing the human services sector and hiring so-called nonprofessional workers to aid the delivery of those services. This strategy gained traction in social scientific, philanthropic, and bureaucratic circles and shaped Great Society legislation, which allocated federal grants to create entry-level jobs and professionalizing caree…
Nonprofit Neighborhoods
Philanthropy’s invention of the ‘underclass’
“A grown-up thing to fund”
Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Bureaucracy (1 work) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (1 work)