The Social Meanings of the Third Sector: Everyday Understandings of “Nonprofit”
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Curtis Child and Eva Witesman of Brigham Young University will present at the July Institutional Grammar Research Initiative (IGRI) virtual research seminar.
Abstract:
How do nonspecialists conceptualize the third sector? Drawing inspiration from Crawford and Ostrom’s grammar of institutions, we examine how lay observers make sense of the sectoral boundaries between nonprofits, businesses, and governments. Using a survey exercise in which study participants coded statements describing different interactions between various types of entities, we find that research participants are less prone to label interactions consistently with the nominal sectors of the organizations presented to them and more inclined to code the interactions based on the types of actions organizations take and their rationale for those actions. We thus use the grammar to explore the everyday meanings of nonprofit organization and action, and we argue that understanding these everyday meanings has important implications for theory and practice.
Category
Social Science and Public Policy
Type
Virtual
Region
Virtual
Open to
Faculty
Students, Graduate and Professional
Cost
Free
Organizer
MAX-Center for Policy Design and Governance
Accessibility
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