Advocacy Through Practices of Input and Throughput Legitimacy
Safe Spaces, Proximity, and Collectivizing Individual Needs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12249307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Raeymaeckers (0000-0003-4281-0952, corresponding author), Elien Mathys (0000-0002-0163-2515), Pieter Cools (0000-0003-1649-284X, Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 389-401 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Voluntas Revista Internacional de Filosofia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2179-3786 • E-ISSN: 1573-7888 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11266-022-00474-7 |
| OpenAlex | W4220910716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
This study examines how non-profit organizations that engage in advocacy gain their legitimacy in the eyes of their target group of vulnerable citizens. The existing body of literature shows that these organizations are challenged in their pursuit of citizen legitimacy, defined as the extent to which their constituent target group perceives the organization as justified, accepted, and appropriate. This paper draws on the results of qualitative research in government-funded non-profit community work organizations that develop advocacy activities to influence policymakers. We interviewed community workers and their target group of citizens in four community centers in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium. We show that community workers engage in practices to enhance both the input and throughput legitimacy of their advocacy activities. More specifically, they construct safe spaces through informality, ensure proximity by taking care of individual needs, and collectivize individual needs
Government (linguistics · Legitimacy · Non profit · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social policy · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Law · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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The DNA of social work as a human rights practice from a frontline social workers’ perspective in Flanders
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |