The meaning of nonprofit advocacy: An ordonomic perspective |
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Authors: | Vladislav Valentinov Stefan Hielscher Ingo Pies |
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Institution: | 1. Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, D-06120 Halle (Saale), Germany;2. Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg, Große Steinstraße 73, 06108 Halle (Saale), Germany |
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Abstract: | Orthodox economic theories of the nonprofit sector are focused on its service delivery role but have little to say about nonprofit advocacy. This study explains nonprofit advocacy by building upon the ordonomic approach, a recently developed strand of institutional economics that explores the interdependencies between institutions and ideas. From the ordonomic perspective, the evolution of a modern society occurs through an ongoing realignment between institutions and ideas. The meaning of nonprofit advocacy is shown to be in contributing to this realignment. This leads to a new understanding of the service delivery role of the nonprofit sector. This role is shown to have a compensatory character in that it is intended to maintain a reasonable quality of human life before the time-consuming ideational and institutional adjustments actually take place. |
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Keywords: | Ordonomic approach Advocacy Service delivery Institutional economics |
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