The purpose of this article is to present a framework to understand transparency in the third
sector and then to explore the main research streams regarding the disclosure of information …

This paper challenges widespread philosophical and conceptual theories of the nonprofit
sector and the state that question, or leave little conceptual room for, extensive cooperation …

Policy advocacy by nonprofits has attracted substantial scholarly interest in recent years.
Although considerable empirical studies have examined factors influencing nonprofit …

Today, social media offers an alternative broadcast and communication medium for
nonprofit advocacy organizations. At the same time, social media ushers in a" noisy" …

Prior work suggests that government funding can encourage non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) to engage in political advocacy and public policy. We challenge this …

This study explores the often‐overlooked political dimension of social enterprises,
particularly their advocacy activities aimed at influencing public policy, legislation, norms …

Resources are often seen as a key factor in innovation. For business organizations, it has
been shown that there is a relation between the lack or abundance of resources and the …

As nonprofit organizations have become more essential to public service delivery, their
representatives increasingly seek to influence the public policy process. In spite of this …

While many scholars have postulated the decline of membership influence as an important
consequence of the professionalisation of civil society organisations (CSOs), other analysts …

Key functions of civil society organizations (CSOs) are to criticize governments and to hold
them to account. Recent trends of privatization and contracting out challenge CSOs' …