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Refusing the Market

A Democratic Discourse for Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

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ID23328809
AuthorsAngela M Eikenberry (0000-0002-6493-182X, University of Nebraska at Omaha, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume38
Issue4
Pages582-596
Publication date2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Voluntary Action Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0607 • E-ISSN: 1552-7395
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0899764009333686
OpenAlexW2069370018
LanguageEN
Citations received98
References cited37

This article extends critical and normative theorizing about the assumptions and implications of marketization for nonprofit and voluntary organizations and suggests an alternative discourse. It describes reasons for the increasing marketization of nonprofit and voluntary organizations and what the literature has shown to be problematic about marketization. It argues that one way to resist colonization by the market is for academics and practitioners of voluntary and nonprofit organizations to create and apply a democratic counterdiscourse.

Business · Democracy · Economics · Management · Marketization · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Turnover · Voluntary association · Community Development and Social Impact · Law · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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