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The Neglected Dark Side of Voluntarism and the Nonprofit Sector: Larger Context of the General Theory of Deviant Nonprofit Groups

Voluntaristics Review: Brill Research Perspectives. 2018. P. 1–126.
Smith D. H.

The Neglected Dark Side of Voluntarism and the Nonprofit Sector: Larger Context of the General Theory of Deviant Nonprofit Groups

Language: English
Keywords: nonprofit sector
Publication based on the results of:
Adjustment of modern approaches to NGO management and raising the efficiency of third sector development in Russia (2018)
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