Date of Award
Spring 6-2013
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Organizational and Multicultural Communication
First Advisor
Alexandra Murphy
Second Advisor
Michaela Winchatz
Abstract
This study worked to expand the discourse of international nonprofit capacity building research. In the field of Communication, research investigating international nonprofit partnerships is limited, and some international communities lack a voice within the scholarship. Through the lens of postcolonial reflexivity, the author traveled to Kenya to conduct participant observations and one-on-one interviews with a US Capacity Building Nonprofit (USCBN) and two local Kenyan nonprofit organizations (the KCN and the KSN). The findings revealed that the USCBN established previous organizational alliances with the KCN and the KSN. The previous alliances led to strong relationships. The relationships engendered collaboration within the partnerships, which resulted in sustainability for all three organizations.
Recommended Citation
Sparkman, Julia, "Dynamics of International Nonprofit Capacity Building Partnerships" (2013). College of Communication Master of Arts Theses. 15.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/cmnt/15