The Impact of Neoliberalism on Civil Society and Nonprofit Advocacy

Alexander Jennifer () and Fernandez Kandyce ()
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Alexander Jennifer: Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, 501 W. Cesar E Chavez Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78249-1644, USA
Fernandez Kandyce: Public Administration, University of Texas at San Antonio, 501 W. Cesar E Chavez Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78249-1644, USA

Nonprofit Policy Forum, 2021, vol. 12, issue 2, 367-394

Abstract: The following manuscript employs critical inquiry to analyze the effects of neoliberalism on nonprofits in the U.S. and their capacity to engage in political advocacy and the production of meaning, a pivotal role for civil society institutions. Three false narratives of how nonprofits support democracy are presented followed by a discussion of how neoliberalism and the economization of the sector has delimited their capacity to fulfill their roles of engaging in emancipatory projects or social change. The manuscript concludes with a discussion of how nonprofits can reclaim civic space and empower citizens in a representative democracy.

Keywords: advocacy; neoliberalism; professionalization; critical theory; community-based nonprofits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1515/npf-2020-0016

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