Voluntary Sector Organizations and the State : Building New Relations Hardback
by Rachel Laforest
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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 shows why this turnaround represents 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.
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.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:15/09/2011
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- ISBN:9780774821445
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date:15/09/2011
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- ISBN:9780774821445