caa a22 4500 606151672 CHVBK 20210128100545.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-013-9427-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-013-9427-9 Nonprofit Advocacy Under a Third-Party Government Regime: Cooperation or Conflict? [Elektronische Daten] [Bram Verschuere, Joris De Corte] In this article we discuss the extent to which service-delivering nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are committed to fulfill an expressive advocacy role, and we look at the advocacy strategies these organizations adopt. Furthermore, we question whether a close relationship with government compromises the NPOs' willingness to perform these advocacy activities. Based on a large-N sample of more than 250 NPOs in the Flemish welfare sector, our research shows that the overall commitment to an advocacy role was rather low. Rather than focusing on a role as adversary of government, NPOs seek to adopt "softer” strategies such as the use of insider contacts with policy makers, the participation in umbrella organizations or building coalitions with other NPOs. Finally, we found mixed evidences concerning our initial hypotheses. Most importantly, as the dominant source of public income did not stifle the NPOs' commitment to advocate, we found little support for a resource dependence framework. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2013 Nonprofit nationallicence Advocacy nationallicence Advocacy strategies nationallicence Resource dependence nationallicence Third-party government regime nationallicence Verschuere Bram Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Henleykaai 84 Camp, Mercator G, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut De Corte Joris Department of Social Welfare Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 222-241 0957-8765 26:1<222 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-013-9427-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-013-9427-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Verschuere Bram Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Henleykaai 84 Camp, Mercator G, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Corte Joris Department of Social Welfare Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/1(2015-02-01), 222-241 0957-8765 26:1<222 2015 26 11266