Impact of socio-economic and socio-political transformations in Russia on the resource provision of non-profit organizations (case of the Republic of Mordovia)

Abstract

Introduction: the role of non-profit organizations in Russia has been rising gradually, fostered by internal and external developments. However, the trend has failed to attract proper attention. Correcting the situation requires a detailed focus on the status and role-specific characteristics of non-profit organizations based on location and taking into consideration their subjectivity, structure, properties, and qualities. Objectives: to assess the status and role-specific characteristics of the non-profit sector in the Republic of Mordovia with further description of its subsequent impact on social and political transformations in the regional space. Methods: Huberman’s theory of communicative action, the concept of correlation between territorial development profile and the numbers of voluntary organizations by R. D. Putnam, R. Leonardi and R. Y. Nanetti, expert survey, web monitoring, statistical data analysis and hierarchy analysis method. Results: the trends of development of the non-profit sector in the intraregional space was analyzed and the status and role-specific characteristics of local non-profit organizations was determined, a differential approach to the analysis of the non-profit sector, taking into account regional specifics, is proposed. The research revealed the resources and potential of the non-profit sector of the Republic of Mordovia, which were grouped in several blocks: quantitative, diversity, influence, public support, budget revenue, competence, solidarity resources. Conclusions: the status and role-specific characteristics of the non-profit sector depend on the aspects of the region’s socioeconomic development and political regime. Non-profit organizations take guidance in the actual situation to build up resources and put them to work. The authors proved that dislocation of non-profit organizations determines its design, probability of survival and maturity. An organization established in a particular regional space adapts to the local settings and is driven by the change of demand for sociopolitical transformations. That’s why the authors proposed a differentiated approach to the analysis of non-profit sector which is to take into account a diverse regional makeup of the country.