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In recent years, volunteering and voluntary organizations have come to play an increasingly important role in British society. But this recognition has come at the cost of losing sight of the distinctive characteristics of voluntary action and its claims to independence of thought and action. Drawing on 45 years' experience of working in and researching the sector, Colin Rochester shows how conventional wisdom about how voluntary action is understood and undertaken ignores a variety of important activities which have contributed so much to our quality of life and living conditions. He revisits the history of voluntary action; identifies the forces that have created modern misunderstandings and misrepresentations; explores the role of voluntary action and the forms it takes; and argues that the reality of voluntary activity is very different from the picture painted by contemporary researchers and practitioners. In a final chapter Rochester spells out the implications of his vision for research and practice.
In: Voluntary sector review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 307-308
ISSN: 2040-8064
In: Voluntaristics review, Band 2, Heft 5-6, S. xi-xiii
ISSN: 2405-4933
In: Voluntary sector review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 119-126
ISSN: 2040-8064
In: Voluntary sector review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 103-110
ISSN: 2040-8064
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
In: Voluntary sector review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 233-238
ISSN: 2040-8064
In: Voluntary sector review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 5-13
ISSN: 2040-8064
In: Voluntary sector review: an international journal of third sector research, policy and practice, Band 3, Heft 1, S. 3-4
ISSN: 2040-8064
In: Local government studies, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 121-122
ISSN: 0300-3930