Voluntary Sector Organizations And The State

Author : Rachel Laforest
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774821445

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Voluntary Sector Organizations and the State by Rachel Laforest Pdf

In the early 1990s, voluntary organizations garnered little attention in Canadian policy circles, even though the federal government was simultaneously offloading its responsibility for essential services to the sector and cutting back their funding. Two decades later, the voluntary sector is a key public policy player in federal, provincial, and municipal politics. Rachel Laforest tells the story of how and why the federal government’s relationship with voluntary organizations changed at the end of the twentieth century. Drawing on interviews and insights from governance theory, social movement theory, and urban studies, she shows why the turnaround represented a significant shift in the way citizens and policy makers view the place of voluntary organizations in public policy. Members of voluntary organizations have struggled for a stronger voice in policy making and redefined their relationship to the federal government through key collaborations such as the Voluntary Sector Initiative and the National Children’s Initiative. This deft account of how a loose coalition of voluntary organizations was transformed into a distinct sector offers a new conceptual framework for explaining dynamic state - voluntary sector relations at all levels of government.

Author : Jeremy Kendall,Martin Knapp
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Charities
ISBN : 0719050383

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The Voluntary Sector in the United Kingdom by Jeremy Kendall,Martin Knapp Pdf

This book provides an analytical overview of the vast range of historiography which was produced in western Europe over a thousand-year period between c.400 and c.1500. Concentrating on the general principles of classical rhetoric central to the language of this writing, alongside the more familiar traditions of ancient history, biblical exegesis and patristic theology, this survey introduces the conceptual sophistication and semantic rigour with which medieval authors could approach their narratives of past and present events, and the diversity of ends to which this history could then be put. By providing a close reading of some of the historians who put these linguistic principles and strategies into practice (from Augustine and Orosius through Otto of Freising and William of Malmesbury to Machiavelli and Guicciardini), it traces and questions some of the key methodological changes that characterise the function and purpose of the western historiographical tradition in this formative period of its development.

Author : Benjamin Gidron,Ralph M. Kramer,Lester M. Salamon
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1992-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015022232741

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Government and the Third Sector by Benjamin Gidron,Ralph M. Kramer,Lester M. Salamon Pdf

In ten chapters written expressly for this book, international experts in economics, political science, sociology, and social welfare examine the position of the third sector vis-a-vis government in European countries and Israel, revealing the growing interdependence of the public and voluntary sectors. The conventional wisdom assumes a basic conflict between the voluntary sector and the state. The authors of this volume show that, far from competing with government, nonprofit organizations provide an alternative set of mechanisms through which to deliver publicly financed services. In many countries, for example, partnerships between local government and voluntary organizations are thriving. The authors put the current debate over the relative roles of government and the nonprofit sector into perspective by examining how the relationship between them has developed; evaluate the possibilities for cooperation between nonprofits and the state in coping with current social needs; assess the extent to which nonprofit organizations can assume new burdens; and explore, in different national settings, the evolving relationship between the nonprofit sector and the state, which has come to be a central issue in the political discourse of our day.

Author : Jennifer R. Wolch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015018513955

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The Shadow State by Jennifer R. Wolch Pdf

Author : Ian Cunningham,Philip James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136814242

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Voluntary Organizations and Public Service Delivery by Ian Cunningham,Philip James Pdf

Voluntary Organizations and Public Sector Delivery examines how aspects of voluntary sector employment are affected by its engagement with the growing trend to the market-based outsourcing in the delivery of public services within industrialized countries. The volume draws together a team of well-recognized academic contributors from the UK, Canada, Australia and the United States to explore how the process of outsourcing is impacting the internal and external labor markets of voluntary organizations, and the implications for the policy objectives underlying the externalization of the delivery of public services to them. These themes of change in employment are covered in depth in the UK with dedicated chapters exploring, workforce patterns and skill needs, HR policies and practices, recruitment and selection, graduate recruitment, unionization, pay and conditions and psychological contracts in organizations. The book also contains a significant international comparative dimension with individual chapter analysis of employment issues in Australia, Canada and the United States, as well as an Anglo-German comparison.

Author : Susan Phillips,Steven Rathgeb Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136853920

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Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector by Susan Phillips,Steven Rathgeb Smith Pdf

Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector brings together scholars and experienced practitioners from different countries to investigate the relationship between regulation and relational governance for the third sector in a comparative context. Each chapter reviews recent regulatory changes in the country in question. To what extent are there significant convergences in these reforms and what are the implications for the third sector? Is there any evidence that the foundational architecture for a more collaborative relationship between the state and the third sector has been laid? Overall, the book reveals that the reality of the supposedly new collaborative relationships and the impacts of regulatory reform are quite different from what contemporary theories of public management would have us believe. Recognizing the gap between theory and reality, the chapters explore some of the outstanding challenges for regulatory reform for the third sector.

Author : David Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134068975

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International Perspectives on Voluntary Action by David Lewis Pdf

This text presents a perspective on the third sector. Rather than considering non-governmental development organizations and voluntary agencies separately, it explores the similarities, differences and growing connections between them in both northern and southern contexts. Authors in the field consider the differences in scale and priority that exist between different types of third sector organizations in different settings, as well as the common challenges of accountability, legitimacy, effectiveness and governance. Models of learning and communication, including southern ideas such as micro-credit provision, are also examined, as are the continuing barriers.

Author : Rachel Laforest
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774821469

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Voluntary Sector Organizations and the State by Rachel Laforest Pdf

Voluntary organizations have moved from the margins to the centre of policy discussions in Canada, and citizens and politicians now view them in a new way. Rachel Laforest shows how members of voluntary organizations have struggled for a stronger voice in policy making and redefined their relationship to the federal government through key collaborations. This vivid account of how a loose coalition of organizations was transformed into a distinct sector offers a new conceptual framework for explaining dynamic state-voluntary sector relations at all levels of government.

Author : Estelle James
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1989-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195363579

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The Nonprofit Sector in International Perspective by Estelle James Pdf

Arising as a market-induced improvement on existing governmental services and competing with the government for customers and resources, nonprofit organizations are a relatively unexplored area of public policy. This collection of essays, written by scholars from a variety of disciplines, adds new dimensions to the theory of nonprofit organizations, and describes the public policies regarding nonprofit organizations that do or should exist in both developing and developed countries. The contributors consider why governments subsidize such organizations, the problems such subsidies create, and the role played, from an international perspective, by religion and other ideological institutions in the founding and managing of nonprofit services.

Author : Rupert Taylor
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441957078

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Third Sector Research by Rupert Taylor Pdf

To mark the 20th Anniversary of Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations the editor has compiled a comprehensive overview of contemporary debates in third sector scholarship, comprised of all original research by leaders in the field. The volume will offer a critical review of the central and innovative themes that have come to form the core of third sector debate and research with an international focus. The first global compendium of third sector research, this volume provides a international, multi-disciplinary, and state-of-the-art overview of the field. The contributions not only examine and review the existing scholarship, but introduce new perspectives and thinking on the third sector—especially in terms of future implications around the world. Topics covered include: -History and Development of the Field -New Trends in Volunteering and Philanthropy -Volunteering and Participation in Developing Countries -Leadership and Governance -Corporate Responsibility -Social Capital -Global Civil Society This seminal volume provides a broad and comprehensive look at the field of Third Sector Research, of primary interest to researchers in political science, sociology, development studies, and nonprofit leadership programs.

Author : Meghan Kallman,Terry Clark
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780252098857

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The Third Sector by Meghan Kallman,Terry Clark Pdf

Civil society organizations, nonprofits, national and international nongovernmental organizations, and a variety of formal and informal associations have coalesced into a world political force. Though the components of this so-called third sector vary by country, their cumulative effects play an ever-greater role in global affairs. Looking at relief and welfare organizations, innovation organizations, social networks, and many other kinds of groups, Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Terry Nichols Clark explore the functions, impacts, and composition of the nonprofit sector in six key countries. Chinese organizations, for example, follow the predominantly Asian model of government funding that links their mission to national political goals. Western groups, by contrast, often explicitly challenge government objectives, and even gain relevance and cache by doing so. In addition, Kallman and Clark examine groups in real-world contexts, providing a wealth of political-historical background, in-depth consideration of interactions with state institutions, region-by-region comparisons, and suggestions for how groups can borrow policy options across systems. Insightful and forward-seeing, The Third Sector provides a rare international view of organizations and agendas driving change in today's international affairs.

Author : Margaret Harris,Colin Rochester
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350318113

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Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain by Margaret Harris,Colin Rochester Pdf

The last two decades of the twentieth century saw the most fundamental changes in British social policy since the creation of the welfare state in the 1940s. From Margaret Thatcher's radical reassessment of the role of the state to Tony Blair's 'Third Way', the voluntary sector has been at the heart of these changes. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, voluntary organisations have been cast in leading roles on the social policy stage. They are expected to make key contributions to countering social exclusion; to regenerating communities; to providing social housing and welfare services; to promoting international aid and development; and to developing and sustaining democratic participation and the active community. But how are voluntary sector organisations grappling with the implications of their new, expanded role? How is their relationship with the state changing in practice? This book, which has its origins in an international conference of leading academics in the field, provides answers to these pressing questions. It analyses the numerous and complex ways in which the formulation and implementation of social policy is dependent on the contributions of the voluntary sector. It discusses the impact of the new policy environment on voluntary organisations. And it suggests that the successful implementation of social policy requires government to acknowledge and nurture the distinctive features and contributions of voluntary sector organisations. Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain is essential reading not only for the many people studying, working in or working with the voluntary sector in Britain but also for anyone who is interested in the formulation and implementation of social policy.

Author : Jane E. Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015034411226

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The Voluntary Sector, the State, and Social Work in Britain by Jane E. Lewis Pdf

This text offers a perspective on welfare politics in Britain which shows that Britain has always had a mixed economy of welfare with the voluntary sector playing a major role. It traces the ideas of the Charity Organisation Society, which became the Family Welfare Association in 1946.

Author : Jenny Clark,National Council for Voluntary Organisations (Great Britain),Joy Dobbs,David Kane,Wilding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-09
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : 0719917905

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The State and the Voluntary Sector by Jenny Clark,National Council for Voluntary Organisations (Great Britain),Joy Dobbs,David Kane,Wilding Pdf

The State and the Voluntary Sector is ideal for anyone who wants to quickly and clearly understand the statutory funding environment. The voluntary sector in modern Britain is a major force for social and economic change. With an expenditure of over £33 billion and a paid workforce of 634,000, the voluntary sector is also a key player in the modernisation and delivery of public services. This is in no small part due to a significant expansion in the scale and scope of collaboration with government over the last decade, an expansion underpinned by statutory funding. At a time when public expenditure is under pressure, policy-makers and voluntary sector leaders need the latest intelligence on the statutory funding relationship. The State and the Voluntary Sector provides a unique, easy-to-understand analysis of the funding relationship between the two sectors. It is an indispensible guide for policy-makers and voluntary sector leaders and anyone interested in the sector.

Author : Jon Van Til
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Reference
ISBN : UOM:39015058151286

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Mapping the Third Sector by Jon Van Til Pdf

Jon Van Til provides an expert tour across the varied terrain of America's nonprofit world. He considers the historical evolution of cooperative initiatives, analyzes the place of voluntary action within the modern democratic state, explores the relationship between government, business, and the nonprofit sectors, and forecasts future changes in American voluntarism.