The appeal of voluntary action as a solution to growing welfare needs in advanced capitalist countries raises important questions about the social impacts and spatial equity of such provision. For the first time, these issues are addressed within a single book, exploring the complex relationship bet...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Milligan, Christine 1954- (HerausgeberIn), Conradson, David 1971- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Bristol Policy Press 2006
Schlagworte:	Voluntarism Volunteer workers in government Volunteer workers in medical care Volunteer workers in social service Ehrenamtliche Tätigkeit Industriestaaten Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:	The appeal of voluntary action as a solution to growing welfare needs in advanced capitalist countries raises important questions about the social impacts and spatial equity of such provision. For the first time, these issues are addressed within a single book, exploring the complex relationship between voluntary action, society and space
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Jan 2022) Contemporary landscapes of welfare: the 'voluntary turn'? / Christine Milligan and David Conradson -- A 'new institutional fix'?: the 'community turn' and the changing role of the voluntary sector / Rob Macmillan and Alan Townsend -- Renewal or relocation?: social welfare, voluntarism and the city / Christine Milligan and Nicholas R. Fyfe -- Voluntarism and new forms of governance in rural communities / Bill Edwards and Michael Woods -- New times, new relationships: mental health, primary care and public health in New Zealand / Pauline Barnett and J. Ross Barnett -- Informal and voluntary care in Canada: caught in the act? / Mark W. Skinner and Mark W. Rosenberg -- Competition, adaptation and resistance: (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand's third sector / Susan Owen and Robin Kearns -- The difference of voluntarism: the place of voluntary sector care homes for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom / Oliver Valins -- Values, practices and strategic divestment: Christian social service organisations in New Zealand / David Conradson -- Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Ireland and North America: whose agenda? / Derek Bacon -- Government restructuring and settlement agencies in Vancouver: bringing advocacy back in / Gillian Creese -- Developing voluntary community spaces and ethnicity in Sydney, Australia / Walter F. Lalich -- The voluntary spaces of charity shops: workplaces or domestic spaces? / Liz Parsons -- The changing landscape of voluntary sector counselling in Scotland / Liz Bondi -- Volunteering, geography and welfare: a multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action /John Mohan ... [et al.] -- Reflections on landscapes of voluntarism / David Conradson and Christine Milligan
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xv, 304 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781847421609
DOI:	10.46692/9781847421609