What Religion Affords Grassroots NGOs: Frames, Networks, Modes of Action
| Autor: | Allison Schnable |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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060303 religions & theology
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Religious studies 06 humanities and the arts Public relations 0603 philosophy ethics and religion 0506 political science Faith Grassroots Action (philosophy) Content analysis Law Faith-Based Organizations 050602 political science & public administration Development aid The Symbolic Sociology business Legitimacy media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 55:216-232 |
| ISSN: | 0021-8294 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jssr.12272 |
| Popis: | The international relief and development sector has swelled in the last two decades thanks to American grassroots NGOs: groups that rely on volunteer labor and individual contributions, often on budgets of less than $25,000 a year. Most of these organizations reject the label of “faith-based organization,” yet they find the symbolic and material resources of religion indispensable. Religion affords these NGOs three kinds of resources to meet their distinct organizational needs. First, it provides frames, or ways of thinking and speaking about relief and development work that imbue it with legitimacy. Next, religion offers networks that provide money, volunteers, and entree into aid-receiving communities. Finally, religion affords familiar modes of action that link the NGO, supporters, and local aid recipients. I support these claims with LDA topic modeling (a computerized method of text analysis), content analysis of websites, and in-depth interviews with 43 informants. |
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