A Voice for Nonprofits

"The tables and graphs based on the data collected are presented clearly to articulate their arguments.... The Appendix too is a great resource--it includes an elaborate description of the methods used to collect data for the book." -Abhijit Roy, Sellinger Scool of Business, Loyola College in Md., International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 6/1/2004

"Berry's book is a welcome addition to a growing literature about nonprofit organizations that will be valuable to the managers working to run them and to academics interested in studying them." -Amy K. Donahue, Perspectives on Politics, 9/1/2004

"This book should be required reading for everyone interested in nonprofit organizations and, more generally, in political voice in American politics. It is important, substantive, and lively." -Doug Imig, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 3/1/2005

"...thoroughly researched and useful reading..." - Educational Book Review, 1/1/2004

"... chronicle[s] the distinctive set of conditions that have led nonprofits to accept lobbying restrictions in exchange for tax deductibility of charitable contributions." -Michael Bisesi, Seattle University, International Journal of Not-for-Profit Law, 7/1/2004

"[The book] offers crucial insight into a very real modern problem. A VOICE FOR NONPROFITS needs to be read by every social activist, as well as every non-profit organization manager, director, and those who serve on board of directors." - The Bookwatch, 2/1/2004

"This is an important book.... [It] should not only stimulate a wider debate on the way the nonprofit sector should relate to government and the political process but also provoke a more determined efffort to reassert the vital role that advocacy plays in voluntary social service activities." - Social Development Issues