This article aims to present semi-structured interviewing as a pivotal tool used in research on
the expressions of informal civil society, including the narratives of activists outside the third …

This book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and development, combining a critical overview of the main research literature with …

Recent decades have witnessed a global cascade of restrictive and repressive measures
against nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). We theorize that state learning from …

There are increasing signs that the space for civil society actions is slowly opening up in
Vietnam. The existing studies have linked the changes in civil society action to the changing …

Drawing on fieldwork in Greece, we examine the politics and practices of autonomous
volunteering in the context of the migration crisis. This involves individuals engaging in …

Nonprofits are key social service providers in many Western welfare states. Yet the
nonprofits that deliver government-funded public services are also an important part of civil …

Sustainable activism requires both elasticity and rigor, the ability to learn and compromise
as well as the willingness to stick to values and convictions. In this article I argue that …

This paper proposes a holistic framework called dynamic resistance for analysing and
animating third‐sector organizations' contestations of neoliberalization. It argues that the …

This article examines the recent emergence and growth of grassroots social movements in
Armenia which are locally known as 'civic initiatives'. It considers what their emergence tells …

It is increasingly recognized that, to achieve social justice, policies and organizations need
to apply an intersectional approach, rather than addressing inequalities separately …