Voluntary sector in transition : hard times or new opportunities? / by Linda Milbourne.

The voluntary sector in transition explores the extensive growth and re-shaping of the voluntary sector following sweeping changes to social and welfare policy over 30 years.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-259) and index.

Voluntary sector in transition; Contents ; About the author; Acknowledgements ; Preface; 1. The voluntary sector: contested or strategic ground? ; Why the voluntary sector?; Contested meanings and terms: voluntary, non-profit, ; charity or third sector?; Shifting ideology and values ; Framing the discussion; 2. The changing face of welfare and roles of voluntary organisations; Introduction ; Policy, research and theorising the voluntary sector ; Historical perspectives on voluntary sector independence; The three Ms: markets, monitoring and managerialism

New Labour: the voluntary sector and the Third Way Continuities and challenges among coalition policies; 3. Researching the voluntary sector; Difficulties of researching the voluntary sector; Rationale for the research ; Situating the research: diversity and work with young people; Research approach and design; A summary of the studies ; Framing knowledge about the social world; Dilemmas and ethics in researching the voluntary sector; Story without an end; 4. Dilemmas of market ideology: the impact of growing competition in two urban areas ; Introduction

Re-engineering cross-sector relationships: for better or for worse? The studies; From joint endeavour to contract culture; Commissioning: responsive contracts?; Dilemmas: choosing to compete or not?; 5. Performance and shifting accountabilities: from trust-based to regulated inter-organisational relationships ; Introduction; Command and control culture: costs and benefits to the voluntary sector?; Critical understanding of trust; Erosion of trust; Risk, trust and innovation: how controls erode trust and jeopardise quality

6. Collaboration in community-based projects: solutions or new organisational challenges? Introduction; Collaboration in a changing policy context ; Changes in children and young people's services; Conceptualising partnerships and collaboration; The local context ; Capacity building through collaborative work: who benefits?; Barriers to collaboration: competing interests ; The darker side of change: risks and casualties in collaborative work; Collaboration in theory and practice ; 7. Community heroes, survivors or casualties? Exploring risk and resilience in the voluntary sector

Risk, risk management and innovation Resilience; Survivors and casualties ; Entrepreneurs; Resisters; Accommodators; Risk, resilience and community survivors; 8. Advocacy and democratic participation in a changing environment: room for challenge? ; Introduction: changing approaches to advocacy ; Advocacy, citizenship and democratic participation; Understanding different approaches to advocacy; Barriers and challenges to advocacy ; Do changing forms of advocacy matter? ; 9. Values and visions for a future voluntary sector?; A distinctive and independent role for the VS?

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