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Envoi: Developing Nonprofit Theory

Stuart Langton

Lincoln Filene Center for Citizenship and Public Affairs & Lincoln, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155

The essays in this volume point to the need for reconstruction and further develop ment of theories about the role of nonprofit institutions in the contemporary welfare state. This epilogue reflects upon the implications of this challenge by examining what it means to develop "theory" and some of the practical difficulties involved in this task. Acknowledging that "theory" may mean different things to different peo ple, scholars and practitioners alike, it discusses the different types, functions, and evaluative criteria of theory. Recognizing that the area of nonprofit studies is a relatively new area of intellectual inquiry, it suggests a number of distinctions and needs that are relevant to future theoretical development in regard to better under standing and prescribing roles for nonprofit institutions in our society.

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 1-2, 134-148 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/089976408701600111
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