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Nonprofits in Crisis - Economic Development Risk and the Philanthropic Kuznets Curve - cover

Nonprofits in Crisis - Economic Development Risk and the Philanthropic Kuznets Curve

Nuno S. Themudo

Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Why do some countries have a vibrant nonprofit sector while others do not? Nonprofits in Crisis explores the theory of risk as a major mechanism through which economic development influences the nonprofit sector. Nuno S. Themudo elaborates this idea by focusing on Mexican nonprofit organizations, which operate and strive to survive in a risky environment. The study of these nonprofits generates broader lessons about philanthropy and the nonprofit sector that complement wider cross-national statistical analysis.
Available since: 09/26/2013.
Print length: 225 pages.

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