August 23, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms & Concepts, by David Horton Smith, Robert A. Stebbins, and Michael A. Dover, seeks to help create a common vocabulary for the nonprofit world. The items in the glossary cover the many meanings of basic terms, such as community, organization, and leadership, as well as more esoteric concepts, including “fallacy of disaggregation” and “sheltered workshop.” The listings cover terms used in nonprofit research as well as in the day-to-day operations of charities. The introduction to the dictionary offers 10 groupings of related concepts, such as a set of terms relevant to nonprofit political organizations and to managing nonprofit groups and volunteers.
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 601 North Morton Street, Bloomington, Ind. 47404; (800) 842-6796; fax (812) 855-7931; iuporder@indiana.edu; http://iupress.indiana.edu; 337 pages; $35; ISBN 0-253-34783-1.
