TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonprofit and philanthropic studies
T2 - International overview of the field in Africa, Canada, Latin America, Asia, the Pacific, and Europe
AU - Mirabella, Roseanne M.
AU - Gemelli, Giuliana
AU - Malcolm, Margy Jean
AU - Berger, Gabriel
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - The growth of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) around the world has been accompanied by a concomitant growth in the number of education and training programs developed to provide management training to the leaders of these organizations. This article reports on the current configuration of international academic programs in nonprofit and philanthropic studies in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas (apart from the United States), describing the various forms of education and training programs from country to country and continent to continent. The authors examine the similarities and di ferences in nonprofit management education programs in di ferent parts of the world, seeking to explain why education programs have a range of forms in di ferent parts of the world, according to di ferent historical, institutional, and cultural contexts, thus furthering understanding of the asymmetries and complexities of existing NPO and NGO education and training programs.
AB - The growth of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) around the world has been accompanied by a concomitant growth in the number of education and training programs developed to provide management training to the leaders of these organizations. This article reports on the current configuration of international academic programs in nonprofit and philanthropic studies in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and the Americas (apart from the United States), describing the various forms of education and training programs from country to country and continent to continent. The authors examine the similarities and di ferences in nonprofit management education programs in di ferent parts of the world, seeking to explain why education programs have a range of forms in di ferent parts of the world, according to di ferent historical, institutional, and cultural contexts, thus furthering understanding of the asymmetries and complexities of existing NPO and NGO education and training programs.
KW - Education
KW - International education programs
KW - Nongovernmental organizations
KW - Nonprofit management
KW - Philanthropic studies
KW - Training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36049004886&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0899764007305052
DO - 10.1177/0899764007305052
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36049004886
SN - 0899-7640
VL - 36
SP - 110S-135S
JO - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
JF - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -