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Matthew Baggetta

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Nonprofit Sector and VolunteeringSocial Capital and NetworksService-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Media and PoliticsYouth Development and Social Support

Publications

27

Citations

495

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
AI-generated

Matthew Baggetta studies civil society organizations dsuch as nonprofits, volunteer groups, recreational associations, and social movements dand how their internal structures, leadership, and membership shape civic and political participation. His work examines how people organize collectively and how that organizing relates to democracy and community engagement. He also develops research methods, notably systematic social observation, for studying how these organizations operate.

Civil society organizations and nonprofitsVolunteering and civic engagementCollective action and democracyMembership associations and political participationResearch methods for observing organizations

Publication activity has been steady over the past decade, averaging roughly one to two publications per year with modest peaks in 2021 and 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication19202021: 3 publications3212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 3 publications3242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly×2
  • Annual Review of Political Science×1
  • Social movement studies×1
  • Sociological Methods & Research×1
  • VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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