What is it about?
This article argues that scholars should understand when nonprofit organizations choose to engage in addressing public problems. It uses the Holy Cross Dispute, a prolonged street protest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as a case to examine when different types of organizations enter into a contentious dispute.
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Why is it important?
While nonprofit and voluntary organizations are essential to the provision of human services, oftentimes scholars have difficulty in identify which types of organizations are even in operation. This article gives some sense to mapping organizational engagement with contentious issues.
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I completed this research as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Ulster. North Belfast is tremendously interesting as Catholic and Protestant families live along several interfaces. The Holy Cross Dispute is an episode that so many wish to forget, yet I attempted to frame it. I am sympathetic to all sides, at a certain level, and hope that this article helps in our understanding of the event.
Brent Never
University of Missouri- Kansas City
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This page is a summary of: Framing Third-Sector Contributions to Service Provision, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, January 2009, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008330053.
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