The ambiguous embrace
Subtitle: government and faith-based schools and social agencies
By: Charles L. Glenn ; with a foreword by Peter L. Berger.
Series: New forum books
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Human services -- Contracting out -- United States.; Human services -- Contracting out -- Europe.; Civil society -- United States.; Civil society -- Europe.; Church and state -- United States.; Church and state -- Europe.; Church charities -- United States.; Church charities -- Europe.; Church schools -- United States.; Church schools -- Europe.
Description: "Glenn builds a case for faith-based organizations playing a far more active role in American schools and social agencies. He shows that they could do so both while receiving public funds and while striking a workable balance between accountability and autonomy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.