Introduction
During his first term as president of the United States in the early 1980s, Ronald Reagan embarked on an ambitious plan to privatize much of the federal domestic program (Frederick, 2006). His domestic funding cuts were to be made up in local communities through private sector provision of services and private sector support of community agencies. Since the private sector is more efficient than the public sector (it was argued), better services would be offered at less expense; since the provision of services would be decentralized, more focused services could be provided more responsively. His program was not unique in expecting that the vast, untapped resources of the corporate sector could be enlisted to solve all manner of problems. Community development agencies also have their hands out for “public–private partnerships.” Local government officials look to private foundations to fund unpopular projects for which they dare not spend tax revenues. Often, these...
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Filipovitch, A.J. (2010). Corporate Social Responsibility. In: Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93996-4_118
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