Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action

Edited by Roseanne M. Mirabella, Associate Professor, College of Business and Public Management, Kean University, US, Tracey M. Coule, Emeritus Professor, Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, UK and Angela M. Eikenberry, Professor and Director, School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut, US

‘The authors in this volume ably demonstrate critical scholarship of nonprofit organizing, and voluntary action by going beyond traditional analysis to application of critical theory perspectives in interrogating and challenging systemic and structural issues that shape organizations and their behaviours and reproduce various forms of exclusion and coloniality. I highly recommend the book to those interested in understanding the multiple domains of practice in critical scholarship of nonprofits.’

• ContentsIntroduction to the Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizingand Voluntary Action 1Angela M. Eikenberry, Tracey M. Coule, and Roseanne M. MirabellaPART I OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD: A REVIEW OF CRITICALCIVIL SOCIETY RESEARCH1 The nature of critical global civil society scholarship: reviewing thestate of the art 1972–2021 23Angela M. Eikenberry, Jennifer Dodge, and Tracey M. Coule2 Cultural competency in critical nonprofit studies: bringing inIndigenous knowledge and research methodologies 43Carol E. RedWing3 Oppression, exploitation, and possibilities for emancipation underneoliberalism: nonprofit organizing and voluntary action from the viewof critical theory and postmodernism 54Billie Sandberg and Andrew Russo4 The roots of critical nonprofit scholarship: a reflective framework 70Ellen Bennett and Beth PatmorePART II CRITICAL THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDYOF NONPROFIT ORGANIZING AND VOLUNTARY ACTION5 Decolonizing nonprofit, NGOs and development higher education:valuing indigenous knowledge in the Majority World 86Roseanne M. Mirabella, Heather Carpenter, and Ibrahim Shafau6 The racialization of philanthropic and nonprofit organizations: a criticalanalysis of white supremacy and economic injustice in the sector 103Angela R. Logan and Maureen Emerson Feit7 Feminist care ethics as an alternative to effective altruism: problemsand prospects 118Annie Herro and Franklin Obeng-Odoom8 Burn it to the ground: Queer theory, (hetero)normativities, and binariesin nonprofit organizations 132Seth J. Meyer, Elizabeth J. Dale, and Kareem K. M. Willis9 The postmodern public sphere: ICT, misinformation and simulated civil society 149Joel Gehringer10 Climatic assemblies: the plurality of environmental non-governmentalorganisations in climate governance 164Peili Pey11 Nonprofit organising and the hybridity thesis: a critical managementstudies critique 180Tracey M. Coule and Carole Bain12 State maps of the nonprofit sector: a critique (in times of autocratization) 195Susan AppePART III APPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL NONPROFIT ANDVOLUNTARY ACTION THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES13 Empowering decolonial knowledge production within internationalnonprofit research associations 215Shariq Siddiqui, Kim Williams-Pulfer, and Tiara Dungy14 Neocolonialism’s perpetuation of institutional life of disabledindividuals through the rhetoric of philanthropy and charity 231Kate Prendella and Roseanne M. Mirabella15 Decolonizing fundraising narratives in international nongovernmentalorganizations 247Abhishek Bhati and Angela M. Eikenberry16 Putting the community back into community land trusts: communitycontrol, collective ownership, and a return to radical roots 263Jennifer Sumner and Graham Hughes17 Critical race theory and nonprofits: rethinking leadership and governance 279Brandi Blessett and Stephen Danley18 Latino Critical and Critical Race Theory as drivers of social innovation:fighting HIV/AIDS in the Texas Latino community 295J. Brandon Philips19 ‘A real spark’: resistance in nonprofit care work in the context ofneoliberalism and a crisis in public health 311Donna Baines20 Pimped for charity: a feminist analysis of sexual harassment in fundraising 323Erynn E. Beaton21 Critical approaches for culture and the arts in a context of eco-social transitions 339Rocío Nogales-Muriel22 Becoming SMART: a case study examining the formation ofa voluntary and community-sector professional 356Daniel King23 Neoliberalism, legalism and human rights in medium-sizedinternational nongovernmental organizations 371Geoffrey C. Upton24 Critical volunteering studies: perspectives from theory, society, and UK policy 387Jon Dean25 What do social movements really do? Towards a communicativeapproach to studying the accomplishments of movement organizing 401Shiv Ganesh, Mackenzie Schnell, and Meenakshi Yadav26 Power, democracy, and community development in the US: three cases 415Ashley E. Nickels, Zachary D. Wood, and Kirk A. Leach27 Collaboration in hard times: partnerships, vulnerability, and managerialism 431Matt Dowse and Martin Parker28 Neoliberal discourse and environmental justice: case studies ofenvironmental nonprofit organizations in China 446Ming Xie29 Conclusion: reimagining nonprofit organizing and voluntary action scholarship 463Angela M. Eikenberry, Roseanne M. Mirabella, and Tracey M. CouleIndex 470