Institutional Logics within Faith-Based Aid

Name: Institutional Logics within Faith-Based Aid | A New Approach to Organising in Development, Humanitarianism and Advocacy
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A New Approach to Organising in Development, Humanitarianism and Advocacy

Nina G. Kurlberg(Autor*in)

Routledge (Verlag)

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Erschienen am 19. Juli 2024

184 Seiten

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This book investigates what faith means in the actual day-to-day practice of faith-based NGOs working in the development, humanitarian, and advocacy sectors.

Faith-based organisations play an extremely prominent role in international aid and development, operating within the same sphere as organisations without an explicit religious affiliation. This book uses the case study of a UK-based Christian faith-based organisation to develop an analytic tool using institutional logics. Through exploration of how various institutional logics are manifested and negotiated across organisational practice, the book describes how the 'telos,' or objective, of the corporate logic (to sustain the organisation) interacts with the telos of the religious logic (namely, to worship God). The book demonstrates that since organisational practices must ultimately work to sustain the organisation, at the organisational level faith is restricted to certain spaces and forms, while at the individual level faith is dominant and active.

Bringing a fresh perspective to discussions of religion and development by highlighting how faith influences development at the organisational level, this book will be an important read for researchers working on global development.

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"In this impressive book Nina Kurlberg offers us a new lens for examining the operations of large faith-based organisations that takes seriously what their faith orientation means in actual practice. This suggests a new approach in the study of religion and development, of interest to scholars, development actors and faith-based organisations themselves."

Emma Tomalin, Professor of Religion and Public Life, University of Leeds

"A valuable analysis of faith-based organisations that takes seriously the complex space between individual and collective identities. Nina Kurlberg carefully explores how religion is embedded in the institutional logics that frame aid and development work across the world today."

Mathew Guest, Professor in the Sociology of Religion, Durham University

"Nina Kurlberg's book is a must-read for those interested in faith-based organisations (FBOs), offering a compelling and nuanced examination of their practice. By introducing a new perspective and developing an analytical tool based on it, Kurlberg provides a valuable framework for future studies in this field."

Gry Espedal, Theologian and Associate Professor at VID specialized University, Oslo, Norway

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Inhalt

Introduction

Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs)

FBOs within religions and development

Understanding and researching FBOs

Roadmap to the institutional logics perspective

A critique of the existing frameworks

The institutional logics perspective

Overview of the book

Structure

Defining key terms

1 The institutional logics perspective in research

Theoretical framework

The institutional logics perspective

Theoretical contribution of the book

The significance of the field

The field and the institutional logics perspective

The field and FBOs

Empirical research

Developing a field-level typology of logics

Methods of data collection

Conclusion

2 Institutional logics within the practice of aid

The historical roots of the practice of aid

The emergence of development

The emergence of humanitarianism

The emergence of 'long-distance advocacy'

The practice of aid post-WWII

The post-WWII period

The establishment of the sector

The increasing professionalisation of aid

The influence of the logics of corporation and market on organisational practice

Key aspects of logics evidenced within the practice of aid post-WWII

Conclusion

3 Institutional logics within the field

Constructing a field-level typology of logics

Identifying a suitable subcomponent of the field

The process

The typology of logics

The logics

The categories

Conclusion

4 Institutional logics within a UK-Based FBO

Data collection and processing

Data collection

Method for processing the data

Data analysis

Logics at the organisational level according to the typology

Conclusion

5 Christian organising through the lens of institutional logics

What institutional logics are in force and how are they manifested within the organisation?

The logic of long-term sustainability

The logic of impact

The logic of participation and consensus-building

The logic of pastoral care and support

How do individual actors negotiate these logics on a daily basis?

What role does the logic of religion play, and how does it interact with other institutional logics?

What does the faith orientation of FBOs mean in practice?

What questions is the FBO asking in this regard?

How does faith actually influence organisational practice?

Conclusion

Conclusion

Summary of argument

Contribution of book

Contribution to the study of FBOs in religions and development

Contribution to the institutional logics perspective

What next?

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