The Role of Ideas and Interests in Voluntary Sector Organizing: Some Insights from Canadian Scholarship

This article makes the case that a more sociological and discursive approach to nonprofit studies is needed to analyze sectoral dynamics. Using a sociological framework, it explores how the unique experiences and strategies of the nonprofit sectors are embedded in broader shifts in governance at a macro scale. Finally, it illustrates how Canadian scholarship provides a valuable lens that extends current theoretical frameworks by linking the analysis of sectoral mobilization and organization with the in-depth investigation of government–nonprofit relationships.