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Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits

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Photo by Kier in Sight on Unsplash Proud to say this article, " Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits " has just been published. It is derived from lessons learned preparing the Integrated Advocacy report and this article on media coverage of civil society and covid. They are entwined with each other.

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The Promise and the Power of Social Cooperatives

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images on iStock The democratization of social care realigns the roles of state and civil society within a larger framework of social and political transformation. He noted that Pandora is actively involved in Milanese politics and collaborates with other advocacy groups in the city focused on public policy. “We

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Corporate Power That Benefits All of Us

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It’s time to work shoulder-to-shoulder with civil society and government to do the big, urgent work that no sector can accomplish alone, to adopt entirely new systems of operating that enable all people to thrive and reach their full potential and protect our natural environment.

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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

These laws, purportedly designed as a check on foreign interference, limit civil society organizations and restrict democratic practice by cutting off funding from foundations to movement organizations. Yet philanthropy often supports neoliberal policies that reinforce the market power of elites—and perpetuate poverty.

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Meet the Hidden Majority of Nonprofits: The All-Volunteer Organization

NonProfit Quarterly

In this series, The Unexpected Value of Volunteers , author Jan Masaoka takes on the underappreciated topic of volunteerism, provides some unexpected ideas, and points the way toward a public policy agenda on volunteerism. An association? The job of management is done by the volunteer leaders, usually the board.

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Beyond Dialogue: Igniting Racial Justice in a Shifting Political Landscape

NonProfit Quarterly

As was noted in NPQ back in 2018, FCPRs approach on power, community organization, civil society, and racial equity sets it apart from the more established philanthropic approach focusing on strengthening large, established institutions. REBIA emerged out of this institutional commitment to racial equity.

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Corporate Capture—Can We Find a Way Out?

NonProfit Quarterly

Going even further back, in 1977, Charles Lindblom, onetime American Political Science Association president, authored Politics and Markets: The World’s Political-Economic Systems , in which he argued that in capitalism, business occupies a “privileged position” that offers business elites disproportionate policy influence.