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Do Nonprofit Missions Vary by the Political Ideology of Supporting Communities? Some Preliminary Results
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In this paper, the U.S. population has undergone a "big sort" that has resulted in increased community homogeneity, and the values of those that create, manage, and support them.Abstract:
Nonprofit missions reflect the values of those that create, manage, and support them. We know that the U.S. population has undergone a “big sort” that has resulted in increased community homogeneit...read more
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The American Mosaic: The Impact of Space, Time, and Culture on American Politics
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Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine trends over the past several decades that have markedly changed the class structure in America and examine how closely America has adhered to the republic's founding virtues from 1960 to 2010.
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Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, and Public Policy: Separate, Subset, or Intersectional Domains of Inquiry?1
TL;DR: The authors view public administration, public policy, and nonprofit management as intersectional domains of inquiry and argue that advances in each of these domains requires us to bring knowledge from other domains of knowledge.
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Decoupling Under Scrutiny: Consistency of Managerial Talk and Action in the Age of Nonprofit Accountability:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors test whether decoupling theory suggests inconsistencies in what nonprofits do and what they claim to do, and propose accountability as a potential antidote to such inconsistencies in the nonprofit sector.
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