A roller coaster of reliance : Government dependence on the NFP sector from the colonies to Clinton

Examines the “roller coaster of reliance” of the US government sector on the voluntary sector from colonial times to the present. Emphasizes the question of how this roller coaster has been affected by the emergence of the globalizing economy, the neoliberal state and more specifically by the new directions taken on by the Clinton administration. Offers some policy recommendations for stabilizing this important relationship in order to meet the heightened challenges that are developing in the USA and abroad.