Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Deepening and broadening the field: Introduction to research handbook on nonprofit governance / Gemma Donnelly-Cox, Michael Meyer and Filip Wijkstrom -- Part I Fundamentals Of Nonprofit Governance -- 2. Normative understandings of nonprofit governance: Everyday discourses and research perspectives / Florentine Maier and Michael Meyer -- 3. Accountability and transparency: Cornerstones of civil society governance / Jurgen Willems -- 4. Nonprofit governance and external environments / Wolfgang Bielefeld and Fredrik O. Andersson -- 5. Who owns your nonprofit? A reconceptualization of nonprofit ownership / Stephanie A. Koolen-Maas -- 6. Regulatory governance of nonprofit organizations: Legal frameworks and voluntary self-regulation / Stefan Toepler and Helmut K. Anheier -- Part II Theoretical frameworks -- 7. Neoinstitutional theory and nonprofit governance research / Renate E. Meyer, Dennis Jancsary and Markus A. Hollerer -- 8. Actorhood as governance in neoliberal world culture / Patricia Bromley -- 9. Agents and stewards in nonprofit governance / Marc Jegers -- 10. Who really governs? Nonprofit governance, stakeholder theory and the dominant coalition perspective / Fredrik O. Andersson and David O. Renz -- 11. How nonprofit governance studies can be enriched by the commons framework: Towards a cross-fertilization agenda of research / Philippe Eynaud and Jean-Louis Laville -- Part III Governance for specific types of nonprofit organizations -- 12. The governance of foundations / Georg von Schnurbein -- 13. Democratic governance in membership-based organizations / Johan Hvenmark and Torbjorn Einarsson -- 14. Gate-keeping nonprofit governance: Evaluative criteria and their rankings in nomination committee selection processes / Cecilia Stenling, Josef Fahlen, Anna-Maria Strittmatter and Eivind A. Skille -- 15. International nongovernmental organization governance: Brokering between developed countries and the developing world / Urs Jager and Jose Pablo Valverde -- 16. Hybrid organizations as sites for reimagining organizational governance / Johanna Mair and Miriam Wolf -- Part IV Future challenges -- 17. Nonprofit organizations in public governance / Annette Zimmer and Steven Rathgeb Smith -- 18. Multilevel governance and the role of civil society organizations in the European Union system / Carlo Ruzza -- 19. The marketization of the third sector? Trends, impacts and implications / Michael J. Roy, Angela M. Eikenberry and Simon Teasdale -- 20. Twists and turns of the practice of accountability in the nonprofit sector: The thin line between accountancy and organizational learning / Damien Mourey -- 21. Towards a unified theory of nonprofit governance / Dennis R. Young -- Index.
Summary:
"This multi-perspective Research Handbook provides a clear pathway through the nonprofit governance research field, pushing beyond the borders of current theory to expand and deepen the analytical framework for nonprofit governance. It offers an analysis of the basics including definitions, organizational forms and levels of governance, and takes a critical approach towards the normative and prescriptive tendencies in much of contemporary governance scholarship. Divided into four distinctly thematic parts, contributors provide an in-depth review of the last 20 years, building on the foundations of classical contributions and further exploring new theoretical approaches, while examining the governance challenges of diverse types of organizations, including those from both developed and developing countries. Future challenges including multilevel governance are expertly addressed, and insights leading towards a unified theory are proposed. This thoroughly engaging Research Handbook will be an excellent resource for scholars in business and strategic management, nonprofit management and civil society, interested in topics such as nonprofit governance practice and boards of directors, governance theory, stakeholder management, membership organizations, foundations and hybrid organizations. Teachers of nonprofit management will also find this invaluable as it addresses both the core concepts and the most recent developments"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Research Handbooks in Business and Management Ser.
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