Nonprofit influence on public policy : exploring nonprofit advocacy in Russia

Ljubownikow, S; Crotty, J

Abstract

This paper examines the advocacy tactics of Russian NPOs. While Russian NPOs and
their activities have been widely researched, specific insight into their use of advocacy tactics
remains limited. In this paper we address this gap by broadening the understanding of how
NPOs engage in advocacy. To do so we operationalize both Mosley’s (2012) indirect/insider
framework and qualitative data collected from health and education NPOs (HENPOs) in three
industrial Russian regions. We demonstrate that Russian HENPOs, whilst having access to
various advocacy tactics, fail to employ these tactics effectively vis-à-vis influencing of ruling
and governing elites. They are instead used for organizational maintenance and case/client
advocacy. In concluding, we discuss a potential typology of advocacy tactics in Russia, the
usefulness of Mosley’s framework in this context and the implications of the failure to
advocate for democratization within the Russian Federation.

Citation

Ljubownikow, S., & Crotty, J. (2016). Nonprofit influence on public policy : exploring nonprofit advocacy in Russia. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 45(2), 314-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764015583121

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Apr 21, 2015
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Feb 2, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 26, 2017
• Journal: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0899-7640
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-7395
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 314-332
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0899764015583121
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0899764015583121
• Related Public URLs: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal200775