Nonprofit Sector, Geography

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Abstract

The article provides a critical overview of the changing role of the nonprofit sector, its definition, its evolving functions in the last few decades such as advocacy and empowerment, existing diversity within the sector, and various challenges that it faces in the twenty-first century.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherElsevier
Pages914-918
Number of pages5
Volume16
Edition2nd Edition
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • non-governmental organisations
  • PHILANTHROPY
  • Accountability
  • Advocacy
  • effectiveness
  • Empowerment
  • LEGITIMACY
  • NETWORKING
  • PERFORMANCE
  • POVERTY

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