Investigating the Marketization of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Case Study of Two Nonprofit Organizations

Sandberg, Billie; Elliott, Erin; Petchel, Shauna

doi:10.1007/s11266-019-00159-8

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“…One recent variant of the functional explanation is the neoliberal movement of the late twentieth century where collective efforts are increasingly privatized as states retreat from public provisions and nonprofits are thus compelled to adopt market-driven forms to perform those public functions (Marwell, 2004; Van Puyvelde and Raeymaeckers, 2020; Walker, 2014). As such, nonprofit service providers may come under pressure to commercialize their services (Sandberg et al, 2020), adopt ‘business model’ strategies (Evans et al, 2005; Feldman et al, 2017), and be professionally conversant in global policy domains (Mannan, 2015).…”

Section: Rational Actorhood and Organizational Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Nonprofits as socially responsible actors: Neoliberalism, institutional structures, and empowerment in the United Nations Global Compact

Lim

2021

Current Sociology

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Nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations have become prominent participants in a global organizational responsibility movement. This trend of nonprofit responsibility is puzzling because nonprofits are presumably already dedicated to the pursuit of collective well-being objectives. This article examines the nonprofit responsibility movement from a cultural perspective, whereby broader cultural changes at the level of international organizations have constructed nonprofit entities as empowered and socially responsible actors. Using the case of the United Nations Global Compact, a global framework for corporate social responsibility, the author shows how (1) the construction of cultural meanings of autonomy and decentralization in the neoliberal context, (2) existing institutional structures, and (3) the delegation of responsibility to nonprofit organizations have enabled nonprofit organizations to become active participants in the global organizational responsibility movement. This article utilizes documentary data from the United Nations as well as previously-existing interviews with United Nations officials.

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Section: Rational Actorhood and Organizational Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Nonprofits as socially responsible actors: Neoliberalism, institutional structures, and empowerment in the United Nations Global Compact

Lim

2021

Current Sociology

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“…This implies that governments free-ride on the resources gathered by NGOs and claim credit for services that are not actually funded by them (Gronbjerg, 1993). Evans and others (Sandberg et al, 2020). This framework is, therefore, characterized by an emphasis on managerial and business-like practices, performance measurements, and competition.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, there has been substantial evidence from liberal democracies showing similar effects of contracting on NGOs, such as economies of scale, insufficiency of funding, financial dependency, mission drift or undermining of political activism. Such similarity has been attributed to the introduction of market-based regulation to NGOs-a neoliberal marketization (Sandberg et al, 2020) or the ''imposition of neoliberal governance structures'' (Evans et al, 2005: 74). As neoliberal policies such as contracting travel to illiberal regimes with constrained civil societies, we would expect variation in the way contracting affects NGOs.…”

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Effects of Government Contracting of Services on NGOs in China: Convergence and Divergence with International Experience

Martinez

Howell

2021

Voluntas

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The government of the Communist Party of China (CPC) rolled out a national policy to contract out social and welfare services to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 2013. This study explores how government contracting of services affects NGOs. We examine three areas: marketization, financial dependency, and autonomy. We find significant convergence of the effects of contracting on NGOs in China with NGOs’ experiences in liberal democratic countries, despite divergent political regimes. Found effects are explained by the combination of the authoritarian government of the CPC with the neoliberal governance structures introduced by contracting. Convergence with international experience despite divergent political regimes is attributed to the neoliberal essence of the policy of contracting of services.

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“…For example, financial goals came to override prosocial goals (James 2004; Suykens, de Rynck, and Verschuere 2019); reliance on commercial income resulted in a shift away from generating collective goods to provision of individual services, the commodification of clients, and fewer services available for those unable to pay (Baines et al 2014;Eikenberry and Kluver 2004;Frumkin and Andre-Clark 2000;Gurewich, Prottas, and Leutz 2003;Hwang and Powell 2009;Khieng and Dahles 2015). Organizations became more risk averse when engaging clients (Valentinov 2012) and less innovative in their efforts to serve the public (Sandberg, Elliott, and Petchel 2020;Skocpol 2003).…”

Section: Professionalization: a Form Of Colonizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Neoliberalism on Civil Society and Nonprofit Advocacy

Alexander

Fernandez

2020

Nonprofit Policy Forum

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The following manuscript employs critical inquiry to analyze the effects of neoliberalism on nonprofits in the U.S. and their capacity to engage in political advocacy and the production of meaning, a pivotal role for civil society institutions. Three false narratives of how nonprofits support democracy are presented followed by a discussion of how neoliberalism and the economization of the sector has delimited their capacity to fulfill their roles of engaging in emancipatory projects or social change. The manuscript concludes with a discussion of how nonprofits can reclaim civic space and empower citizens in a representative democracy.

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Investigating the Marketization of the Nonprofit Sector: A Comparative Case Study of Two Nonprofit Organizations

Cited by 25 publications

References 46 publications

Nonprofits as socially responsible actors: Neoliberalism, institutional structures, and empowerment in the United Nations Global Compact

Nonprofits as socially responsible actors: Neoliberalism, institutional structures, and empowerment in the United Nations Global Compact

Effects of Government Contracting of Services on NGOs in China: Convergence and Divergence with International Experience

The Impact of Neoliberalism on Civil Society and Nonprofit Advocacy

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