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

Contents
Introduction to the Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing
and Voluntary Action 1
Angela M. Eikenberry, Tracey M. Coule, and Roseanne M. Mirabella
PART I OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD: A REVIEW OF CRITICAL
CIVIL SOCIETY RESEARCH
1 The nature of critical global civil society scholarship: reviewing the
state of the art 1972–2021 23
Angela M. Eikenberry, Jennifer Dodge, and Tracey M. Coule
2 Cultural competency in critical nonprofit studies: bringing in
Indigenous knowledge and research methodologies 43
Carol E. RedWing
3 Oppression, exploitation, and possibilities for emancipation under
neoliberalism: nonprofit organizing and voluntary action from the view
of critical theory and postmodernism 54
Billie Sandberg and Andrew Russo
4 The roots of critical nonprofit scholarship: a reflective framework 70
Ellen Bennett and Beth Patmore
PART II CRITICAL THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY
OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZING AND VOLUNTARY ACTION
5 Decolonizing nonprofit, NGOs and development higher education:
valuing indigenous knowledge in the Majority World 86
Roseanne M. Mirabella, Heather Carpenter, and Ibrahim Shafau
6 The racialization of philanthropic and nonprofit organizations: a critical
analysis of white supremacy and economic injustice in the sector 103
Angela R. Logan and Maureen Emerson Feit
7 Feminist care ethics as an alternative to effective altruism: problems
and prospects 118
Annie Herro and Franklin Obeng-Odoom
8 Burn it to the ground: Queer theory, (hetero)normativities, and binaries
in nonprofit organizations 132
Seth J. Meyer, Elizabeth J. Dale, and Kareem K. M. Willis
9 The postmodern public sphere: ICT, misinformation and simulated civil society 149
Joel Gehringer
10 Climatic assemblies: the plurality of environmental non-governmental
organisations in climate governance 164
Peili Pey
11 Nonprofit organising and the hybridity thesis: a critical management
studies critique 180
Tracey M. Coule and Carole Bain
12 State maps of the nonprofit sector: a critique (in times of autocratization) 195
Susan Appe
PART III APPLICATIONS OF CRITICAL NONPROFIT AND
VOLUNTARY ACTION THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
13 Empowering decolonial knowledge production within international
nonprofit research associations 215
Shariq Siddiqui, Kim Williams-Pulfer, and Tiara Dungy
14 Neocolonialism’s perpetuation of institutional life of disabled
individuals through the rhetoric of philanthropy and charity 231
Kate Prendella and Roseanne M. Mirabella
15 Decolonizing fundraising narratives in international nongovernmental
organizations 247
Abhishek Bhati and Angela M. Eikenberry
16 Putting the community back into community land trusts: community
control, collective ownership, and a return to radical roots 263
Jennifer Sumner and Graham Hughes
17 Critical race theory and nonprofits: rethinking leadership and governance 279
Brandi Blessett and Stephen Danley
18 Latino Critical and Critical Race Theory as drivers of social innovation:
fighting HIV/AIDS in the Texas Latino community 295
J. Brandon Philips
19 ‘A real spark’: resistance in nonprofit care work in the context of
neoliberalism and a crisis in public health 311
Donna Baines
20 Pimped for charity: a feminist analysis of sexual harassment in fundraising 323
Erynn E. Beaton
21 Critical approaches for culture and the arts in a context of eco-social transitions 339
Rocío Nogales-Muriel
22 Becoming SMART: a case study examining the formation of
a voluntary and community-sector professional 356
Daniel King
23 Neoliberalism, legalism and human rights in medium-sized
international nongovernmental organizations 371
Geoffrey C. Upton
24 Critical volunteering studies: perspectives from theory, society, and UK policy 387
Jon Dean
25 What do social movements really do? Towards a communicative
approach to studying the accomplishments of movement organizing 401
Shiv Ganesh, Mackenzie Schnell, and Meenakshi Yadav
26 Power, democracy, and community development in the US: three cases 415
Ashley E. Nickels, Zachary D. Wood, and Kirk A. Leach
27 Collaboration in hard times: partnerships, vulnerability, and managerialism 431
Matt Dowse and Martin Parker
28 Neoliberal discourse and environmental justice: case studies of
environmental nonprofit organizations in China 446
Ming Xie
29 Conclusion: reimagining nonprofit organizing and voluntary action scholarship 463
Angela M. Eikenberry, Roseanne M. Mirabella, and Tracey M. Coule
Index 470