The Impact of Economic Crises on NGOs: The Case of Greece
| Autor: | Sotiris Petropoulos, Asteris Huliaras, Nikolaos Tzifakis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Civil society
Economic growth Public Administration Sociology and Political Science Economic policy Strategy and Management media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 0506 political science Empirical research State (polity) 0502 economics and business Financial crisis 050602 political science & public administration Economics Revenue 050211 marketing Business and International Management Social policy media_common |
| Zdroj: | VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 28:2176-2199 |
| ISSN: | 1573-7888 0957-8765 |
| Popis: | The paper analyzes the impact of economic crises on organized civil society. A number of empirical studies have shown that a financial crisis can inflict a serious damage on the nonprofit sector—mainly through a sharp decline in revenues. However, the Greek case shows that a crisis can also have some positive effects on NGOs: many nonprofits introduced reforms that increased efficiency, the number of volunteers reached record levels, and there was a spectacular rise in funding by private philanthropic foundations. However, Greek NGOs continue to be dependent on external funding, unable to raise large sums from their members and the wider public. Organized Greek civil society continues to be turned upside down: dependency on EU and state funds is being replaced by dependency on private foundations. |
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