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Strengthening Democracy by Practicing It

NonProfit Quarterly

As philosopher Elizabeth Anderson argues in Private Government , people now live most of the time within private authoritarian bureaucracies or firms in which they own nothing, have no authority, and constantly must resist incursions in their private life. Berkeley Journal of Sociology 17 (1972/73): 151–64.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

David Horton Smith, a leading researcher of AVOs and emeritus professor of Sociology at Boston College, prefers the term “grassroots association” and proposes this definition : locally based, significantly autonomous, volunteer-run, formal nonprofit (i.e., Many AVOs stumble when they first hire someone to manage the organization.

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Reading List: Strengthening Democracy Through Social Innovation

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Within the social sector, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists are facing demands for greater inclusion, power-sharing, and more democratic governance. How Civil Society Saved the 2020 Census by Arturo Vargas, Gary D. How Can Philanthropy Help Rehabilitate US Democracy?

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How to Advance a Just Energy Transition in Oil-Dominated New Brunswick

NonProfit Quarterly

A report issued by the Atlantic Economic Council in February 2024 says the company can survive the net-zero transition, but only with government aid. The moratorium was partially lifted in 2019 by what was then a new provincial government. The company that owns the refinery, Irving Oil, is facing a precarious future.

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