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Nonprofit Policy Advocacy under Authoritarianism
Author(s) -
Li Hui,
Lo Carlos WingHung,
Tang ShuiYan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/puar.12585
Subject(s) - insider , authoritarianism , china , scope (computer science) , government (linguistics) , political science , policy advocacy , public administration , public relations , investment (military) , survey data collection , politics , democracy , law , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , computer science , programming language
Despite the increasing volume and significance of research on nonprofit advocacy, most studies have focused on the phenomenon only in Western countries. This article expands the scope of the literature by examining the advocacy activities of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in authoritarian China. This article focuses on three aspects of advocacy behavior : advocacy investment and use of insider and outsider tactics. Data analyses of an original nationwide survey of 267 environmental NGOs and semistructured interviews with 30 highlight how resource and institutional factors—government funding, government affiliation, foundation funding, and peer collaborations—shape NGO advocacy in China. The findings also suggest ways in which institutional actors may enhance NGOs’ capacity for policy advocacy .