@article{438998,
      recid = {438998},
      author = {Clemens, Elisabeth Stephanie, and Guthrie, Doug,},
      title = {Politics and partnerships the role of voluntary  associations in America's political past and present /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {University of Chicago Press,},
      address = {Chicago ;},
      pages = {1 online resource (329 p.)},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Exhorting people to volunteer is part of the everyday  vocabulary of American politics. Routinely, members of both  major parties call for partnerships between government and  nonprofit organizations. These entreaties increase  dramatically during times of crisis, and the voluntary  efforts of ordinary citizens are now seen as a necessary  supplement to government intervention. But despite the  ubiquity of the idea of volunteerism in public policy  debates, analysis of its role in American governance has  been fragmented.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/438998},
}